2006-08-21 13:02:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindi_%28decoration%29
2006-08-21 13:08:46 · answer #1 · answered by aethermanas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm an Indian and I don't have a red dot on my forehead, but it symbolizes a married Hindu woman.
2006-08-21 13:10:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only women are putting these marks on their forehead, even children and male. For the ladies, this is to imply that they were already married. For children (both boys and girls) and male, this symbolizes their religion as a HINDU.
2006-08-21 13:11:04 · answer #3 · answered by Sam X9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The red dot that the women wears is a symbol that they are married. they do not wear jewerly so this is there ring,A lady i work with is from india and she just told me this one
2006-08-21 13:10:01 · answer #4 · answered by mom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another aspect of the bindi is social classification. Some colors designate those of a lower class and some colors designate those of a higher class.
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2006-08-21 13:09:56 · answer #5 · answered by som 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I have a Punjabi friend who calls those "push starts" and he calls Indians who wear turbans "pull starts".
2006-08-21 13:07:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
called a bindi, it symbolizes the third eye energy center. located on the forehead.
2006-08-21 13:07:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It represents the "third eye" or Ajna Chakra, of spiritual enlightenment.
2006-08-21 13:09:50 · answer #8 · answered by oceansoflight777 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To show that they are married.
2006-08-21 13:06:45 · answer #9 · answered by Alyssa H 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it means they are married
2006-08-21 13:09:06 · answer #10 · answered by snail 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋