TAPUSSA AND BHALLIKA (TWO MERCHANT BROTHERS) WHO OFFERED THEIR PROVISION , RECEIVED EIGHT STRANDS OF HAIR FROM THE BUDDHA AS SACRED OBJECT OF VENERATION.

It was in the final week (7th week) after his Enlightment, when the two merchant brothers Tapussa and Bhallika from Ukkalapa passed by the spot and saw the Buddha. They offered the Buddha their own provision.The Buddha, gave eight strands of hair from His head for them to worship as sacred objects of veneration. The hair relics are now enshrined in the Shwedagan Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar.