Question

Why is Buddha's hair platted?

Answer 1

The hair of Buddha is depicted in individual, tightly curled coils.According to legend, Buddha had to shave his head only once - when he cut off his hair to be an ascetic.After his initial tonsure, the Buddha's hair adhered tightly to his scalp in rows of snail like curls.While orthodoxy calls for 360 curls,each turning into a clockwise direction, more freedom was exercised in the north.Variously the coils can be large ,small,flat ,knob like or pointed like a scorpions tail.