Red dots are called bindi or pottu. They are usually made of a paste called kumkum, which is made of turmeric powder, a yellow spice, which is common in India.

The bindi is said to retain energy and strengthen concentration. The bindi also represents the third eye. The Nasadiya Sukta of the Rig Veda, the earliest known Sanskrit text, mentions the word Bindu.

Yellow mark on forehead is worn by many Hindus. In males it is made up of sandalwood and females of turmeric. It is mangalakaraka. Any dot on the forehead, specially red one prevents the male or females from being hypnotized or mesmerized or cheated by strong mind people.

Kumkuma at temples is found in heaps. People dip their thumb into the heap and apply it on the forehead or between the eyebrows. In most of India, married women apply red kumkuma to the parting of their hair above their forehead every day as a symbol of marriage. This is called vermilion, or in Hindi, sindoor.

Kumkum/Roli is the Indian name of “vermilion”. Kumkum is pure red powder.

In Hinduism, tilak is applied during religious work. The application of tilak keeps the mind cool and cool and the reason for applying rice is in the form of purity and purity. Rice is considered a symbol of purity in Hinduism. Rice is considered a pure grain offered to the deities in a havan.

A bindi is worn only between the eyes, whereas a tilaka can also cover the face or other parts of the body. Tilaka can be applied to twelve parts of the body: head, forehead, neck, both upper-arms, both forearms, chest, both sides of the torso, stomach and shoulder.

Tilak also an official word in English means : a distinctive spot of colored powder or paste worn on the forehead by Hindu men and women as a religious symbol. The tilak cover the spot between the eyebrows, which is the seat of memory and thinking. It is known as the Aajna Chakra in the language of Yoga.

If mahayagna can be performed by menstruating women, there can be no ban on their temple entry during their monthly periods. Menstruation is a natural biological process that need not be considered as an impurity.

Thus applying Tilak with ring finger provides peace. The ring finger should be used to apply Tilak to the photos of Hindu gods and goddesses.

What Is the Ring Finger? In many Western cultures, the ring finger is designated as the fourth finger on the left hand. The tradition of wearing a wedding ring on this digit originated from the belief that this finger has a vein running directly to the heart.

1 : red turmeric powder used for making the distinctive Hindu mark on the forehead. 2 : the mark on the forehead made with kumkum.

kumkum is natural material , made from 95% turmeric and 5% limestone (amount is low for limestone so not dangerous) while on the other hand Sindoor is poisonous chemical,made from burnt of mercury and led both are harmful to health.