Tilaka

Tilak ( Sanskrit: तिलक, m = mark, mark. ) Or colloquially Tika (Hindi: . M, टीका, TIKA ) is called the different sign of blessing, often carry the Hindus on the forehead. We spotted some red powder color a blessing point on or get it as a conclusion after a Hindu ceremony and for all occasions especially solemn. In Tantric Hinduism directions of this variant stands for power, marked the suspected at this point energy center, the "third eye " and protect it.

A tilak or tika may be red and powder color, round or elongated as a horizontal or vertical line. Often, however, he is also a black soot -butter mixture, light ash or sandal paste or one of the countless other variations. Women, men and children will be blessed with it.

Some Tilakas indicate religious affiliation: while the followers of Shiva's three dashes wear in different variations - often of ash, vibhuti - paint Vishnu - worshipers a U -like character - ie vertical lines, such as sandalwood paste - on the forehead, that reaches to the root of the nose. Those who God feminine form of Shakti worship, prefer the red end point. Mixed forms of these characters can often be found. Tilakas can be painted in other parts of the body.

The transition from tilak or tika as a sign of blessing for specifically female variant, the decorative bindi is fluent. Despite a widespread assumption in Europe, none of these end points is a box character.