Over one lakh devotees tonsure heads at Palani fest. Padmini Sivarajah / TNN / Updated: Feb 8, 2012, 04:06 ... Lakhs of devotees thronged the Palani Dandhayudhapani temple and also the abodes of ...

According to sources, around 330 barbers are employed in the Palani temple, to perform tonsure on devotees, and they are paid a consolidated payment of around Rs 5,000 per month.

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The Madras High Court has held that barbers over 60 years of age should not be engaged to tonsure heads of devotees at the Palani temple in Dindigul district as they might injure them due to ...