The turban is an eight metre long piece of cloth. It is used by Sikh men to hold their hair, which they are not allowed to cut. These Indian Sikhs are dressed as Panj Pyare. They are marching in a ...

In the Sikh religion, hair is considered to be very sacred, with the Rehat Maryada or Sikh code of conduct forbidding the cutting or shaving any body hair for initiated Sikhs. Keisha Sethi ...

Sounds strange, yes, but you'll be surprised to know that the followers of Sikhism, a religion, don't cut their hair throughout their life. They let their hair grow naturally as a sign of respect ...

Why do Buddhist, Jain, and Brahmanical renouncers shave their heads, while Sikh men and Brahmanical forest hermits keep their hair long and uncut—the former tying it in a turban and the latter ...

Sikhism requires that men wear turbans and do not cut their hair. Record numbers of migrants from India have been detained at the US-Mexico border in recent months. Many hail from India's Punjab ...