POTRAJ / POTHRAJ
I started searching for Potraj / Pothraj on internet and I came across following videos of boys with long hair from Pothraj community.
Parents take a vow to grow their son's hair long like goddess and make him servant of goddess. He lives like a goddess and takes others pains and curses on him.
Is not a girl but he is a Pothraj – YouTube
In the first video, a boy with a long hair neatly plaited in braid. His name was Mahadev and his parents taken a vow at Draupadi amman temple in Chandrapur that if they are blessed with a boy child they will devote him to the goddess and raise him like a Pothraj. He was born after 6 consecutive girls. The interviewer persuaded him to cut his long hair but he was quite firm on the stand that he’ll not cut his hair until death. I was quite impressed with the boy. I wished that he could continue growing it but wear it like a Sikh man and wear a turban.
Pothraj – Marathi Documentary
In this documentary there is a boy with long hair studying in 3rd standard. When asked whether he wants to take up Pothraj tradition once he grows, his answer was affirmative. He answered that his grandfather and father are in this profession and hence he would like to take up this profession. His hair were unkempt. I felt that he should oil his hair and neatly comb it like the boy from the first video. Again great dedication.
Usmanabad – A Story of a Pothraj 12 May 2015
This video was about a boy raised like a Pothraj by parents as per the vow taken at the time of his birth. He was 11 years old with hair reaching his waist. He wanted to be a normal boy and cut his hair.
After seeing these videos, I was quite moved with the dedication of Pothraj boys
I wished I were also raised like a Pothraj.
These videos gave me a spiritual high for quite sometime.
Long hair lovers, please watch these videos and give your comments.
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