In ancient India both
men and women adorned their foreheads with a bindi or tilak on special
occasions. Sangam literatures of South India which were written 2000 years ago
describe that in those days tender leaves were cut in dotted shapes and were
pasted on the foreheads as bindi.
The mother or the wife
of the ancient times marked her son or husband with a tilak on the forehead and
sent him to the war front wishing him success.
Many people associate
the red bindi with the ancient practice of offering blood sacrifice to appease
the gods. Even in ancient Aryan society, a bridegroom made a 'tilak mark' on
the bride's forehead as sign of wedlock. In course of time it has become a
religious and cultural symbol of the married women.
The Bindi still
continues to have a special place in our hearts. It is funky, fun and feminine.
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