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The turban or  "pagri"  often shortened to  "pag"  or  "dastar"  are different words in various dialect for the same article. All these words refer to the garment worn by both men and women to cover their heads. It is a headdress consisting of a long scarf-like single piece of cloth wound round the head or sometimes an inner "hat" or  patka . Traditionally in  India , the turban was only worn by men of high status in society; men of low status or of lower castes were not allowed or could not afford to wear a turban. Although the keeping of unshorn hair was mandated by  Guru Gobind Singh  as one of the  Five K's  or  five articles of faith , it has long been closely associated with  Sikhism  since the very beginning of Sikhi in 1469. Sikhism is the only religion in the world in which wearing a turban is mandatory for all adult males. Vast majority of people who wear turbans in the Western countries are  S...