I'm not trying to offend anyone, just always wondered.
2006-08-12 02:45:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Red dot on the hairline parting means that the lady is married. Unmarried Indian women have the red or what ever color to match their dress, between the eyebrows or just above it. Tradition has it that married or single (not a widow) women should wear the dot. (the dot is called POTTU in Tamil and the powder used for it is called KUMKUM or SINTHURAM.)
2006-08-12 02:59:43 · answer #1 · answered by skr 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Bindis are dots traditionally worn by women in India to decorate their faces. Bindi is arguably the most visually fascinating in all form of body decoration. Hindus wear a tilak (a red dot by women and an elongated dot by men) on their foreheads, between the two eyes. This point is known by various names such as Ajna chakra, Spiritual eye, Third eye and was said to be the major nerve in the human body, in ancient times.
2006-08-12 09:51:51 · answer #2 · answered by Gabriel- The God Sent one 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1. By one simple interpretation it is a cosmetic mark used to enhance beauty.
2. In meditation, this very spot between the eyebrows (Bhrumadhya) is
where one focusses his/her sight, so that it helps concentration. Most
images of Buddha or Hindu divinites in meditative pose with their eyes
nearly closed show the gaze focussed between eyebrows (other spot being
the tip of the nose - naasikagra).
3. All Self realized saints from India (such as Saint Jnaneshwar, Saint
Tukaram) as well as West describe their experience of seeing 'a bright
flame (Jyoti)' of the size of a little finger tip at this spot. They 'see'
this jyoti both with their eyelids closed and even with the eyes open,
hence the term 'seer'. This is the mystical meaning behind Kumkum. 'Siddha
Siddhant Paddhati' of Gorakshanath (circa 11 th century) describes a linga
shaped jyoti at the spot.
2006-08-12 09:52:20 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
women place the dot on their forehead to symbolize marriage.
2006-08-12 09:48:11 · answer #4 · answered by ShaneA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The third eye of the God Shiva.
2006-08-12 09:53:40 · answer #5 · answered by Sunshine 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's called a bindi and it's worn in the hindu religion by females who are married.
2006-08-12 09:53:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
when they get to america they scratch it off and it tells if they get a motel or a 7-11
2006-08-12 14:22:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
oh ive also wondered about that...thanks shaneA.
2006-08-12 09:51:24 · answer #8 · answered by akasha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive always wondered that too.....
2006-08-12 14:22:49 · answer #9 · answered by lexa (: 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the third eye
2006-08-12 09:48:34 · answer #10 · answered by list 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋