1/4 Jst adding, y we should not leave our hair open when v go to a temple—hair doesn’t DECAY easily. Hair hs bn seen on 100 yr old human remains (during professional excavations) and hair has been found on mummies that are far older. Now add to this the fact that a temple ...
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2/3 ..is visited by myriads of ppl. So if we allow people to keep their hair open, then temple’s “shuddhi” will be lost soon. To keep the temple clean and pure— one mst not leave their hair open. This is also the reason why we cremate bodies—only ash remains. I also believe that 
3/4 black magic is real— for every +ve there’s a -ve—nature’s law. Frm hair DNA of a person can be extracted and also some say it gets used in black magic. Controversial topic! I will stick to the most logical reason that hair doesn’t decay and ergo it shld nt b left open.
4/4 I remember this incident at our family temple, when during a UDYAASTAMANA pooja the main poojari came across a hair on a coconut and he was furious at the other poojari of the temple for not keeping the temple “shuddh”/clean. Hair is considered a bad omen during a pooja.
Udayaastamana pooja— a pooja that continues frm dawn to dusk.
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