Most temples in India where hair is given are Hindu temples managed by endowment department of each state. Most temples have a manager appointed by the endowment board and some staffers that constitute the bureaucracy and one political appointee a chairman. We are using the pictures from a recent temple that we won the auction for to help understand the process. This gives us the rights to collect the hair at this temple for one year.
The first step is to read the notification in the local newspaper or listen to the announcement that is announced in the nearby villages using a drummer