[Jamila-M]

Why do Hindu or Indian women wear black dots on their foreheads?

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[Edisun]

I have noticed Indian women with red dots on their forehead and that, I beleive, symbolizes an eye of their god (a third eye).

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[Riya]

On young Indian women, the dot is to indicate they are not married. Also, I’m not sure if you had noticed that young children, too, wear black dots on their foreheads. This is done to cast the evil eye off of them. It’s also linked to the third eye.

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[R. Mathews]

This question is always asked of people of Indian origin. The answer is that it is strictly ornamental, similar to lipstick or any other type of makeup. It used to be a sign of a married woman thousands of years ago in India for Hindus, but Indian women of all religions now use it as a dress-up accessory. It is also fashionable in pop culture, as worn, for example, by Gwen Stefani and Madonna.

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[Winston]

Part One The indispensable qualification for being a Vaisnava is wearing the urdhva-pundra. The marks which Hindu men and women wear on their foreheads are known as pundras. They may be vertical (urdhva), horizontal (tiryak) or circular (vartula). The Vaisnava traditon enjoins the vertical variety, on the authority of the Vedas. The urdhva-pundra is claimed to keep away evil spirits, 1426. It must be worn to ensure purity, while offering sandhya prayers, doing homa, worshipping God, studying the Vedas and such other religious activities, 1427. Otherwise, they will be futile, 1428.

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[Briana]

They wear it because of many reasons such as cosmetic reasons & for religious reasons. When they meditate, they focus in between the eyes on the forehead.There are many reasons…

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