[Ros]

Why do (Asian) Indian women have red dots on their foreheads, and what does it mean?

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Name : Ros, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 20, City : Melbourne, State : NA, Country : Australia, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

[aam]

There are many reasons an East Indian woman has a ‘red dot’ on her forehead, especially those following ‘ Hindu ‘ culture.

1) An unmarried Hindu girl puts a red dot (Bindi) as part of her makeup. Typically on Indian dress and ‘saree,’ it looks beautiful.
2) Many of them put ‘Tikka’ (red dot) on when they do their ‘Puja’ (prayers) as a custom.
3) Married Indian women wear a ‘red dot’ as an indication they are married.

Many times this red dot is made of ‘processed termeric’ called ‘kunkum.’ But nowadays, many artificial Bindi are available. Also, the ‘dot’ is often replaced by different shapes that suit the choice of the wearer.

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Name : aam, Gender : M, Race : East Indian, Religion : Hindu, Age : 28, City : Newark, State : DE, Country : United States, Occupation : Software Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

[KK]

The red dot(or bindi) is NOT supposed to be worn by UNMARRIED hindu girls. It is a sign of marriage , symbolizing that the woman is married and is worn by MARRIED hindu girls. When the husband dies, the widow (as per hindu religion) is not supposed to wear any dots(bindis) on her head, esp not the red ones. Unmarried girls normally wear black and other color bindis. In India this custom is still widely followed, even in the cities. But in US,UK etc its makeup.

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Name : KK, City : san francisco, State : CA, Country : United States, 

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