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Concepts

🇮🇳 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

🇮🇳 IndiaTripundra Three horizontal ash lines on the forehead worn by Shaivite Hindus.Adornment

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Tilaka: Robert Vane Russell (1873-1915), Public domain, source
Urdhva Pundra: Abhisek Sarda, CC BY 2.0, source
Tripundra: Vivek Kondur, CC BY 2.0, source

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