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Concepts
WorldForehead
The area of the head above the eyes and below the hairline.Hairline
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreBindi
A coloured dot worn on the forehead in South and Southeast Asia.Adornment · Most faces
🇯🇵 JapanHikimayu
A pre-modern Japanese practice of removing natural eyebrows and painting new ones on the forehead.Makeup
WorldVibhuti
Sacred ash used in Hindu rituals and applied as forehead markings.Makeup
🇮🇳 IndiaTilaka
A traditional Hindu forehead mark applied with paste or ash to signify faith and spiritual identity.Adornment
🇮🇳 IndiaSehra
A floral or beaded forehead garland for grooms.Adornment · Most faces
🇮🇳 IndiaUrdhva Pundra
Vertical Vaishnava forehead mark denoting devotion to Vishnu.Adornment · Most faces
WorldUrna
A spiral mark on the forehead in Buddhist art.Adornment
🇮🇳 IndiaKumkum
Red forehead powder used for religious and social markings in India.Adornment · Most faces
WorldPrayer callus
A forehead mark from repeated ritual prostration in prayer.Marking
WorldBrow ridge
The bony crest above the eye sockets that supports facial structure and protects the eyes.Brows
🇮🇳 IndiaTripundra
Three horizontal ash lines on the forehead worn by Shaivite Hindus.Adornment
WorldWidow's peak
A V-shaped point in the centre of the forehead hairline.Hairline · Most faces
🇹🇼 TaiwanAtayal facial tattoos
Traditional markings of the Atayal people in Taiwan, signifying skill and spiritual passage.Marking
🇮🇳 IndiaMatha patti
Traditional South Asian bridal forehead jewellery with side chains.Adornment
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMaang tikka
A traditional South Asian forehead ornament worn along the hair parting.Adornment
WorldSquare face shape
A face shape with a broad forehead and jawline of similar width.Face shape
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Bindi: Vinay Sahay, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hikimayu: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Vibhuti: Vinoth Chandar, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tilaka: Robert Vane Russell (1873-1915), Public domain, source
- Sehra: SynthContibutor, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Urdhva Pundra: Abhisek Sarda, CC BY 2.0, source
- Urna: Iudexvivorum, CC0, source
- Kumkum: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Forehead: Faceofwiki, Public domain, source
- Brow ridge: Falbygdens museum, CC BY-SA 1.0, source
- Tripundra: Vivek Kondur, CC BY 2.0, source
- Widow's peak: Kuebi = Armin Kübelbeck, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Prayer callus: Mohammed Tawsif Salam, CC BY-SA 4.0, source