Indian Temple to Multibillion Dollar Human Hair Extensions Industry

Indian Hairvendor
Jul 28, 2017 · 2 min read

Tirumala Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Andrapradesh the most visited temple in India. Daily 50000 to 60000 devotees visit this shrine, But in especial occasion,it reaches to 100000 devotes. It is believed that lord venkateswara enjoys festivals, so if you visit temple each day or each moment is celebrated in Tirumala.The most important festival celebrated is the Brahmotsavam There are many rituals followed in tirupati temple.

One such ritual is ‘Mokku’ under which Hair donation is made by devotees. Mokku is nothing but vow made by a devotee of lord during his or her obstacles in life.When he or she overcomes of the same, visits temple. Daily around 12000 pilgrims enter in a special room, sit cross-legged and wait for their turn to get their hair tonsured. Daily over 500 Berbers take part in this ritual. The temple earns around 2 billion rupees a year. Many human hair vendors take part in auction which is further auctioned by temple officials. The collected hair sorted according to length. The length may available from 6 inches to 50 inches. Human hair vendors in India collect the hair from temple in the form of raw or unwashed mixed with darts, oil and lice. It is taken to factory for further processing and exported to other parts of the world for human hair extensions and wig making.

Human hair exporters always look for long, untreated Indian hair which in great demands in overseas. Each year temple sell 500 to 600 tons of human hair. The long and consistently trimmed hair is called Remy hair, which has a major market in Europe and the US, where it is woven into wigs. The non-Remy hair, broken and short, has an immense request in China, which thus makes wigs and offers it in the American or African market, particularly in Nigeria.Whereas, human hair exporters in India have comprehensively classified the hairs into five classifications relying upon the length and surface — hair longer than 31 inches; 16–30 inches; 10–15 inches; five-nine inches; and that of under five inches. There is additionally a 6th assortment, grey or white hair, gave by senior subjects, though of zero-request.Indian hair is sought after for wig making and hair extensions since it is both thin and shiny clarifies Chennai-based indianhairvendor, one of the nation’s biggest exporter of hair. The organization likewise reprocess hair, stripping it of coloring and redyeing it

Mr. Babu CEO of indianhairvendor includes that south Indian hair is especially great quality since ladies who offer it at the shrine take great care of it.There are around 60 major human hair vendors who regularly take part in the auctions.

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