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A sindhoor dot may also be placed on females forehead during a religious
ceremony. This is the case in North of India; South India may differ on
this.
Regards, Perwesh
In article <ghenE6ov67.Lox@netcom.com>, Mani Varadarajan <mani@be.com>
writes
>barry basham <bbasham@InfoAve.Net> writes:
>>
>> In our Social Studies class we are studying Hinduism. Our teacher asked
>> us to research the colored dot on the forehead of women and to find out
>> what it means. We connot find the exact meaning. HELP!!!!
>>
>
>Hindus themselves do not know what this means. I certainly do
>not; it is worn nowadays as a cultural symbol with minor religious
>overtones. Indian Christians, Jains, Parsis, and Sikhs also often
>wear the ``bindi'' on their forehead.
>
>If anyone offers an interpretation, it is likely to be a modern one
>that is not based in tradition.
>
>In strictly religious ceremonies, many Hindus place some
>other symbol on their forehead as a sign of their faith.
>Among South Indian Vaishnavas, it is common for men and
>women to both wear sri churnam (a vertical red line) on
>religious occasions. The sri churnam represents the
>presence of God's grace in the form of the Divine Mother
>Lakshmi.
>
>South Indian Saivas also tend to wear vibhuti (sacred ash)
>on religious occasions, or when visiting the temple. However,
>this is usually not to the exclusion of the bindi.
>
>Mani
>
>
-- Perwesh Sharma
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