Human  Hair Industries and World Market

                                                                                  Surprisingly, human hair can create an industrial base and become a source of employment in one country. 

                                                             In the Hindu family system when an elder dies then all their male children are supposed to clean save their head to show respect and to mourn his death.  It also identifies that the family has lost their elder one. This is also one of the rituals which accumulate lots of human hair at pious places.

                                                           Some of the temples carry lakhs of followers who offer their hair for  God's favor. Tirupati Temples of Lord Venkateshwar in Andra Pradesh, India is considered to be an avatar of 'Vishnu' the supreme 'GOD'  of Hindu Religion. Lakhs of people at said Temple save their heads for Lord Venkateshwar's favor. It is reported that 1.2 Million people are saving their heads per year at Tirupati Temple. In the year 2019, Temple auctioned the 157 Tons of Hair and earned $1.6 Million.

                                                       West Bengal is one of the Indian States where human hair is being sorted out and various sizes of wigs are being prepared for the market. It is also reported in an American survey that the world market of wigs has reached 5.3 Billion Dollars in the year 2021. In the year 2021, the Indian government exported $770 Million worth of human hair.  Human hair is also being seized which were smuggled. This shows how much the demand for Human hair is in the World market. 

                                                       It shows Human Hair Trade is very much in demand because of lots of Profit Margins. India can become one of the leading exporters of human hair if its trade is properly supervised and handled.

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