What does the red dot on an Indian woman's forehead represent?

Answer 1

first that is not dot, that is called as "Bindi" as per the Indian tradition indian girls always used to paste "Bindi" after marry as per the symbol of marry and only those girls whoes husband are alive But now color is changing becos of fashion.

Answer 2

The Red dot as you say is called a bindi or bindiya. Normally married women wear a red bindi or a maroon color bindi depending which part of India she is from also remember though some muslims and christian wear a mangalsutra too as a sign of being married, a mangalsutra plus a red bindi is worn only by hindu women (married).

A powder acquired out of turmeric if put on the forehead just where you part your hair, that is a 100% sign of a woman being married and is not single and that pwder is called kumkum. Bindis are not just red dots they come in variety of designs, colours and shapes, try searching 'bindi' on google or yahoo and go to the images section I am sure you would feel like wearing one.

Answer 3

If the red dot is on the point where here hair starts, it means she is married. If it is more near the eyebrows, that is not so.

The one near the eyebrows is called a bindi and at present, it is just part of makeup. But previously, there were beliefs that a woman should wear a bindi to cover the third eye.

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Deepthi
India

Answer 4

Either that or acne, imagine a nice Indian guy falling in love with an Indian woman and not asking her out because he thought she was married and all it was was just a pimple, I bet it happens all the time, India is a very populated country

Answer 5

particular, it is detachable, and it shows Hindu caste, that's the utmost, or Brahmin. I unquestionably have a chum who's a well being care expert from India, and he or she wears the crimson dot, so I asked her approximately it, and that's what she advised me.

Answer 6

What Meg said.

Answer 7

It means that she is married.