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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
🇮🇳 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
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Vibhuti: Vinoth Chandar, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tilaka: Robert Vane Russell (1873-1915), Public domain, source
- Urdhva Pundra: Abhisek Sarda, CC BY 2.0, source
- Urna: Iudexvivorum, CC0, source
- Kumkum: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Prayer callus: Mohammed Tawsif Salam, CC BY-SA 4.0, source