Father offering the shaved hair of his son to the Ganges river (Mundan ceremony). Gangotri. Uttarakhand. India

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The Mundan ceremony is performed during the first or third year of a child's is believed that when a boy's head is shaved he will be blessed with a long and fulfilling shaved head is washed with holy water from the Ganges (gangajal) and the shaved off hair is offered to the sacred river

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Location: Ganges river,Gangotri,Uttarakhand,India
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