What do Indians 🇮🇳 were the dot on there head?

[Stoner710]

I’m pretty sure it’s religion but I don’t know much about Hinduism doesn’t it have something to do with the 3rd eye

[Messianic_Monk]

I can actually answer this question as a biracial Indian 🤣

It's a tradition that dates back ages. It's more so a hindu thing than anything else. It's called a "bindi". It's considered a "third eye". Basically you wear it and you have an extra eye to see things and gain wisdom.

Now as a CHRISTIAN Indian... the thought of putting that on my head is thoroughly ridiculous so I don't wear it. But I take humor when I get asked the age old question when I say I'm "Indian". And that is: "what kind of Indian? Dot or feathers?" 🤣

[Stoner710]

Fair enough a lot of American haven’t studied Hinduism. The religions I’ve studied out side the Abrahamic religions (Islam Christianity Judaism). Is confucianism I’ve been trying to study Shintoism but it’s difficult to find much information on Shinto

[call_me_scar]

They don't they all have a hidden sniper aimed at their head just in case

[chicken_nugget24]

Across the country, it's not uncommon to see women sporting a small dot on their foreheads between their eyebrows. The mark is known as a bindi. And it's a Hindu tradition that dates to the third and fourth centuries. The bindi is traditionally worn by women for religious purposes or to indicate that they're married

[Sevenpointfive]

so i don't need to spend thousands of dollars on a worthless gemstone for an indian woman? i can buy a lipstick and dot her forehead?

[Stoner710]

Can it be anything or does it have to just be jewelry?

[chicken_nugget24]

I would do further research into this

[jshm2]

It's a reset button...

Joking aside it's a decoration usually made with vermillion.