bindi
બિંદી
definition
noun
I was wearing a bindi (a Hindu mark on the forehead) that day.
a decorative mark worn in the middle of the forehead by Indian women.
example
For example, whenever I am in India, my aunt makes sure I wear a 'bindi' on my forehead.
She always wears a sari and 'bindi' (spot on the forehead).
A black 'bindi' is often worn before marriage to ward off the evil eye.
Her look was completed with a silver 'bindi' dotted on her forehead.
At one party, revellers - many decorated with Indian-style 'bindi' marks on their foreheads - danced, drank champagne or played pool.
‘See,’ she said thrusting her face forward and pointing a finger at her forehead, ‘the 'bindi' they sold me, it leaves an ugly mark.’
A black roof, sloping on both sides in the shape of an upturned English ‘V’ and a wall of white stones in the middle, on whose forehead the house number shone like a black 'bindi' .
She wore a bright white and red silk sari, a large red 'bindi' on her forehead and about a dozen bangles on each hand.
There were posters too for the festival, another part of the willing students’ project, and there was Marilyn, close up head shot with a 'bindi' on her forehead.
He wore matching amethyst earrings, bracelets, anklets and various other types of jewellery, as well as having fixed one in his navel, and on his forehead as a 'bindi' .
I was wearing a 'bindi' (a Hindu mark on the forehead) that day.
The bunch of jasmine on her hair, the large ear pendants and the large 'bindi' on her forehead typified Usha Uthup, whose place in Indian pop still remains intact.
The outcome of this case will also apply to future attempts to limit expressions of Hindu religion by students, such as wearing a 'bindi' .
For example, wearing a 'bindi' , doing puja and so on.
Hindu women and men cannot put 'bindis' , tilaks and other forehead markings in schools and other places due to recent legislation passed in the French Parliament.
Apart from the gold, Indian women have been accentuating their fashions with 'bindis' (red dots worn on the forehead) and mehendi (designs made by applying henna to the palms of the hands and other parts of the body).
Similarly, stalls having dresses for women and children's wear have been drawing good crowds and an equal patronage is there for fancy products, such as hair bands, 'bindis' , bangles, etc.
Likewise, Sikh women should not drape themselves in sarees which were Hindu, but in salwar-kameez (baggy trousers and long shirts) which are Punjabi, nor wear 'bindis' on their foreheads.
Then there are the smaller stalls selling everything from 'bindis' to hairpins and costume jewellery of the type more often seen in Bollywood movies.
When my mother came to America, she eventually discarded saris, toe rings and 'bindis' , symbolically liberating herself from the traditional roles expected of an Indian woman - and, truth be told, sidestepping the stares.
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