Third eye : Bindi

I have never seen my mother without a bindi. She wears it when she is working, sleeping, bathing, cooking, cleaning, socialising ....everywhere the bindi is omnipresent with her.
I have grown up with Shilpa and Suruchi bindi brands ruling my mothers dressing table.
The mystic, bindi has its origin rooted in puranas and veddic grants mentioning the goddesses adorned with KumKum.

Red dot: Bindi was supposed to be the power giving source for women. Its the third eye , the mystic attracting energies from the universe.

Kumkum is worn as a bindi and sindhoor is worn on the parting of the hair.

Diffrrent shapes and sizes have become symbols of varoius religions and communities.

Raja Ravi Verma has depicted women with broad foreheads adorned beautifully in a bindi.

The small dot bindi is considered to be very sensuous on a woman's forehead 

Amrita Shergill was beauty simplified in a small dot.

Women on celluloid adorning the bindi!

International acclaim for our red dot !

Torch bearers of the BIndi.

Neena gupta's bindi from the tv serial Saans has been very famous with indian women aping it to the core.

Shobha de has been sporting a snake shape bindi at most of the social appearances.

Dolly Thakore is the epitome of a huge red bindi almost similiar to the size of a coin.

Illa Arun has always spotted tribal shapes with a thick black outline for her bindis.

The Tilak bindi is made very popular by Kirron Kher.

Usha Uthup wears a big round bindi with an engraving inside it. Her bindis have alphabets, animals, and various other symbols in it.

Mallika Sarabhai sports a round maroon bindi with a tilak like long graphic inside it.

Sudha Chandaran is famous for matching her bindis to her clothes.

Red for red and Black for black !