Mother watching the barber shaving her son´s head.(Mundan ceremony). Gangotri. Uttarakhand. India

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The Mundan ceremony is performed during the first or the third year of a child´s some communities girls too may have is a purification ritual and is done on a specific day that is decide by the priest based on the day and time of is believed that when a boy´s head is shaved he will be blessed with a long,prosperous and fulfilling shaved head is washed with holy water (Gangajal) and the shaved off hair is offered to the sacred tuft of hair also known as shikha,choti or bodi is left on the head.

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Location: Gangotri,Uttarakhand,India
Photo credit: © Pep Roig / Alamy / Afripics
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