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Re: Red Mark on Forehead



Carrie wrote:
> 
>Is it only married women that wear the mark? (Is it called a bindi?)

"Bindi" is the most common name for the red circle commonly worn by 
married women.  

Widowed women usually avoid decorating themselves in any way, and forego 
wearing a bindi.

Young women sometimes wear decorative bindis for special occasions before 
they are married.

And a small group of men, usually _brahmins_ of certain families, wear 
"thaliks", large, bindi-like red circles on their foreheads to signify 
their piety and devotion.
> 
> --carrie

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