Sanatana Gosvami shaves his head
	After the press conference, the devotees whisked Prabhupada to their Gribblehurst Road temple. The temple was filled to capacity when Prabhupada arrived. He greeted Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari, the Deities he had installed in 1972. 
	Many chanters in the temple had long hair, and Prabhupada's arrival address made his desires clear. He told the story of Sanatana Gosvami's meeting in Varanasi with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. During that meeting, Mahaprabhu told Sanatana to shave off his long hair, beard, and moustache, and look like a gentleman instead of a daravesa, a hippy. 


BVKS on BSST
   A school headmaster named Brahma once came to Sarasvati Thakur desiring initiation. He had a beard and moustache so he was told to first shave his face, after which he would be given initiation. However, that man said he couldn't as he was too attached. Sarasvati Thakura then said, "Either you love your moustache or you love Krsna. If you want Krsna then give up your hair. One of them should be dear to you. Krsna is our dear one, our priya. If something else is priya it is impossible to get Krsna!" That headmaster then went away without taking initiation.

At the time when SP was preaching, the Rama Krsna Mission was very prominent, especially in Bengal. They were very active in material welfare work and made some pracar (propoganda) that this is religious. Sarasvati Thakura, however, wrote many articles against them. About Rama Krsna himself Sarasvati Thakura said, "He looks just like a goat with his beard."


BVKS - Begginers' Guide to KC

Ideal Vaisnava appearance is as follows:
For men:
tilak, tulsi neckbeads, shaved head with knotted sikha (sikha not more than one and a half inches wide). Householders living outside the temple who feel constrained to keep a shaved head may have very short, neatly kept hair, but never long hair, for long hair is considered objectionable by the followers of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Face clean shaven, no beard, no mustache or sideburns. Dress -dhoti worn with a kach (the folded cloth which is tucked in at the back). On the upper part of the body a traditional style kurta and/or cloth top-piece. Turbans are also acceptable. T-shirts with non-devotional pictures or words are not. 
Thus neatly attired, the Vaisnava appears like a perfect aristocratic gentleman engaged in the service of Lord Krsna. 
For women:
traditional Indian dress (sari) plus tilak and neckbeads. No Western fashions, no loose hair; hair parting in the middle of the head and the rest of the body well covered in the presence of men other than husband and sons.