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well.............m not a sikh.........but wat i knw frm my xperience is that................all the religions dat encourage women to cover-up is in order to guard their modesty.......i hope m ryt!.....:)

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This is because in indian culture covering your head is respectful ie covering it head in a holy place or in front of elders.also when Muslims ruled India they influenced the culture Muslim women always cover their heads

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it is polite to cover their heads, According to Hinduism woman should be respectful. People should also respect woman, thus they try to cover as much of their body as possible.

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