What does the red point mean for Indian girls?
By youless
@youless (112838)
Guangzhou, China
6 responses
@vidhyaprakash_2 (7116)
• India
22 Nov 12
Hi friend, The red point is called Bindhi, if the women wear it in her forehead, it means that she was married, it is the symbol to show whether a girl is married or not. All the women will wear Bindhi in the face above the center point of the two eyebrows only the married women will wear it in the forehead.
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@surekharathi (14146)
• India
22 Nov 12
Brother not only married women but girl also put the bindi on their forehead but she wear small.
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@averygirl72 (38488)
• Philippines
22 Nov 12
So it actually is of 2 colors. The red means the women are married. Some says the dots also means the opening of the third eye. However, it actually looks nice.
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@Angelpink (4031)
• Philippines
22 Nov 12
I am not an Indian also but i come to analyze it , could it be a status symbol or just an art ? I also find it so beautiful.
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@surekharathi (14146)
• India
22 Nov 12
Friend this is not an art this the symbol and it is very important for Indian married women.
@Angelpink (4031)
• Philippines
22 Nov 12
Friend , thanks for that input , now doubts were cleared and learnt something new now.
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@surekharathi (14146)
• India
22 Nov 12
Friend This is the tradition and women signify their martial status Sindur and bindi both are important for married women. You can check the picture in my response.
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@surekharathi (14146)
• India
22 Nov 12
Friend this is called bindi and this is very important for Indian married women. Girls also put this bindi color may be black or red on their forehead but after marriage a women not complete till she not put this bindi on forehead only red color. This is the tradition and signify their martial status.Sindur and bindi both are important.
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@5mahi05 (666)
• India
5 Dec 12
It isn't a red point. We call it Kumkum and it signifies the status of the married women. Anyone keep it on their forehead. Small kids to gents to old people. But on top of the head, only married women keep it. It is said that keeping kumkum on the wife's forehead will increase the success of the husband and it will guard him to live his life to his fullest. I mean, dheerga ayush ( long life ). It is kept straight in a line signifies that the husband will get the straight path to travel in the life and business and he won't enter into any wrong deeds.
People who have lost their husbands won't keep it in their forehead. They keep it when they marry and they remove it when the husband passes away. It comes with him and it goes with him. It is all for the husband it is a great feeling to keep that for your husband.
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@ndagilegbo (15)
• Nigeria
23 Nov 12
the red dot signifies piety as well as serving as a constant reminder to keep God in the front of a believer's thoughts. and first you clear that Indian people not apply a dot on forehead, the peoples only Hindus which worship Hindu religion they apply a dot on head not Indian.
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