MySuru: worshipers who have heads tend to fulfill their promises to God will rare conscious they will have monetary value.
But the sale of hair is thus offered by worshipers at Mahdeshwaraswamy Male Temple in Chamarajanagar Regency has received temple management close to Rs 1.5 Crore.
The authority of the construction of the Mahadeshwara Kshetra male auctioned hair offered by more than 99 days of worshipers that invite manuals and e-tenders.
The authorities at the temple said that they collected nearly 4.6 tons of short hair, and 951.2kg long hair between November 2, 2020 and August 2, 2021.
Many worshipers rushed to the temple towards the end of 2020, when reopened to the door after being closed due to the pandemic, offering Their hair as offering at the god at Mahadeshwaraswamy Male Temple.
Shrinivasa Mahadevan, a member of Mysuru, is among those who make successful efforts to buy long hair offered at the temple.
Slaimuttu from Sivaganga District in Tamil Nadu, bought short hair, which he quoted the price of Rs 34.5 per kg.
By 2020, a kg of long hair has taken the management of Rs 7,400 Temple, while short hair is sold for Rs 12 per kilo.
Secretary of Sri Male Mahadeshwaraswamy Development Authority Kshetra Jayavibhava Swamy said that they sold hair for the highest price this year.
“We accept the highest record offer for long hair through e-tenders this year, while offers for short hair, which is made through manual tenders, is also an unprecedented amount.
We got Rs 1.5 Crore through hair sales,” said Swamy.
President Mysuru District Savita Sogaja NR Nagesh, a businessman who was involved in the trading of the hair, said, “There is a large gap in the supply chain as far as it concerns hair.
MM Hills, Kukke Subrahmanya Temple, Tirupati and Nanji is a center of pilgrimage where a large number of hair is collected from the people worshipers.
Long hair prices range from Rs 6,000 and Rs 16,000 / kg depending on their quality.
and the hair collected is exported.
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