I put a bindi on for school and people often ask what is it and why do I have it? I just say it is a religious practice but I don't what is the real significance of it. In our family girls do not go out of the house without bindis. But I want to know the importance of it.
2007-02-12 11:25:02 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
When something reminds us of these fearful thought structures, we experience a sudden surge of hatred, fear, or disgust as our conscious attention is momentarily focused on our unacceptable thoughts. Because we cannot accept these thoughts as part of ourselves, we assume that the feelings they generate are coming from whatever or whoever reminded us of them. This is called projection. Anyone that seems vaguely menacing can cause us to project our own suppressed anger onto them. This anger seems to be separate from "our own" thoughts, making it easy to believe that the anger is coming from the other person. Someone with different customs can prompt us to project any anti-social or simply unconventional thoughts of our own that disturbed or disgusted us, making the person before us seems disturbing or dangerous. Depending on the force of our suppressed feelings, people who are in fact harmless can appear to be capable of bringing down civilization.
In southern India, girls choose to wear a bindi, while in other parts of India it is the prerogative of the married woman. A red dot on the forehead is an auspicious sign of marriage and guarantees the social status and sanctity of the institution of marriage. The Indian bride steps over the threshold of her husband's home, bedecked in glittering apparels and ornaments, dazzling the red bindi on her forehead that is believed to usher in prosperity, and grants her a place as the guardian of the family's welfare and progeny.
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The area between the eyebrows, the sixth chakra known as the 'agna' meaning 'command', is the seat of concealed wisdom. It is the centre point wherein all experience is gathered in total concentration. According to the tantric cult, when during meditation the latent energy ('kundalini') rises from the base of the spine towards the head, this 'agna' is the probable outlet for this potent energy. The red 'kumkum' between the eyebrows is said to retain energy in the human body and control the various levels of concentration. It is also the central point of the base of the creation itself — symbolising auspiciousness and good fortune.
Nowadays, with changing fashion, women try out all sorts of shapes and designs. It is, at times a straight vertical line or an oval, a triangle or miniature artistry ('alpana') made with a fine-tipped stick, dusted with gold and silver powder, studded with beads and crusted with glittering stones. The advent of the "sticker-bindi", made of felt with glue on one side, has not only added colors, shapes and sizes to the bindi but is an ingenious easy-to-use alternative to the powder. Today, bindi is more of a fashion statement than anything else, and the number of young performers sporting bindis is overwhelming even — in the West.
2007-02-12 11:32:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
What Does The Bindi Represent
2017-01-11 19:56:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yaar57 gave you a long and ornate discourse on bindi, and let you exhume the answer.
Let me crystallise the thoughts so that you can tell your friend in an easy flowing language.
Bindi is a symbol of love and respect for the elders.Bindi is considered auspicious. Bindi helps in concentration and is a reminder of purity of thoughts.
2007-02-12 13:40:40 · answer #3 · answered by Ishan26 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
earlier interior the olden days the "dot" replace right into a illustration of a woman who replace into married just about like a marriage ring yet this dot could be considered easily and would't be incorrect. If its on the brow that's for sure seen that the lady is already taken and rancid limits. besides the undeniable fact that now days the "dot" isn't plenty as a dot anymore than an adjunct. Now its basically something it fairly is well-known basically as tattoos or earings and something which will become trend. and the dot isn't a dot anymore its basically an adhesive sticky label which you will tournament hues with the classic outfit you're wearing and it could have diverse shapes like an s shape with small rhinestones.
2016-11-03 07:04:27 · answer #4 · answered by dewulf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bindi identifies you as a person who follow a certain way of life which says you are tolerant of other peoples practices as long as it does not interfere with your peaceful existance
2007-02-12 16:47:57 · answer #5 · answered by Chandru Krish 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
symbol of identification for hindu women.
red bindi is for married women.
all wmen around the world have some kind of symbols for recognition.
2007-02-12 15:33:50 · answer #6 · answered by rajan t 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yaar57 has done a neat job!
2007-02-12 18:44:55 · answer #7 · answered by Joshua K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just tell them is a religious thing..thts wht i do... n they want one too...sue me...jkjk
2007-02-12 12:05:14 · answer #8 · answered by i*love*u 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
CONSCIOUSNESS ABOUT INDIA
2007-02-12 11:34:34 · answer #9 · answered by hasan 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋