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Summary of Question:	Red Dot
Category:	Sikh Practices
Date Posted:	Tuesday, 4/04/2000 3:33 PM MDT

Why do Indian women have a red dot on their forehead?

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Sat Siri Akaal Ji.

Red dot is called a 'bindee' and in Hindu custom it indicates that the woman is married. Due to fashion pressures, sometimes the dot is some other color, but either way it means the woman is married.

Guru rakha,
-DKK