Guru Granth Sahib on hair

For a baptised or Amritdhari Sikh, it is mandatory to keep the hair or kesh uncut honouring and accepting the perfection of God's creation. This command was issued by the tenth master, at Vaisakhi 1699. A comb called a Kanga is also carried to keep the hair tidy, a symbol of not just accepting what God has given, but also an injunction to maintain it with grace. 
There are various Shabads in the which favour the keeping of hair. 
==God is Kesva==
1}kesva- literally meaning one having long hair, used as a compliment.
2} word used in Guru Granth Sahib at various instances to refer to God as beautiful and not to denote that God has long hair.
* Srigranth.org - List of Shabads with the punjabi "Kesav"
==With my Hair, I wash, fan, dust...==
There are many Shabads in the which refer to the Guru "Fanning", "washing" or "dusting" the feet of Saints, the "servants" of the Lord. To do these activities, one needs long hair as one cannot fan someone's feet with short trimmed hair (unless you use your head as a brush!)
1. Using the hair to wipe the feet of the Lord's slaves:
* Srigranth.org - List of Shabads with "hair" and "wash"
2. Using the hair to make a fan and wave over the Saint: 
* Srigranth.org - List of Shabads with "hair" and "fan"
3. Using the hair to dust the feet of the Guru's feet:
* Srigranth.org - List of Shabads with "hair" and "dust"
==Other Shabads==
1. Here, on page 923, the Guru asks us to "Call in the long-haired scholarly Saints of the Lord" to read the holy sermon of the Lord.
2. In this verse found on page 966 of , the Guru tells us that God is found in "all places, the forests and the meadows, the three worlds, and every hair"
==See also==
* Hair
* Five ks 
* Uncut Hair 
* Human Hair 
* Unshorn Hair
* Hair-The Gift From God
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