#IndianCustoms - (Part -3/3) Interesting facts about Bindi or Tilak in Indian Customs - TravellerG

[TravellerG]

Photo -1; Caption: Cover Photo - A Kathakali artist with Thilak as part of his costume.

Dear friends…

Hope that Part -1 (Here) & Part -2 (Here) were enjoyable & informative; thanks for your immense support.

There are many more points to write about Bindi; but, I don’t want to bore you with a lot of details - so… to conclude…

Photo -2; Caption: A stage (Drama) with different artists with Bindi in different forms.

Meditation:
As many members have mentioned, the ‘3rd Eye/Inner Eye’ is a word familiar to people who have studied ‘Yoga/Meditation’. Most Yogis start stimulating the inner eye when they start “Meditation”.

Energy loss:
It is also believed that if the “Angya Chakra” is kept vacant (that is - if you don’t wear Bindi), then we will lose the positive energy within us; or by wearing the Bindi, we can keep/contain our positive energy within us and increase our concentration.

Another school of thought: A properly worn Bindi can stop the negative/unwanted energy entering our body from outside.

Photo -3; Caption: Ottam Thullal - a famous performing art form of Kerala - The artist with peculiar Bindi (part of costume)

Pressing Angya Chakra:

The ancient Vedas claim that while applying the Bindi, one is supposed to press the Angya Chakra (many times), stimulating the veins/nerves under this part which claims to have many positive effects on our ‘Brain & Body’ - this helps in improving blood supply to facial muscles too.

Though not scientifically proven, there are many more benefits claimed.

Photo -4; Caption: A large statue of Lord Vishnu (Matsya Avatara - 1st incarnation of Lord Vishnu out of his 10 incarnations) - notice his Bindi.

A note from Wiki: (for more details Wiki Here)

The Bindi is worn in the Indian subcontinent (particularly amongst Hindus in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka) and in Southeast Asia among Balinese, Filipino, Javanese, Sundanese, Malaysian, Singaporean, Vietnamese and Burmese Hindus.

Photo -5; Caption: Mohini Attam (another famous performing art of Kerala) Artist with a typical costume which includes different Bindis.

Thank you very much for your immense support.

Concluded in this post.

@renata1 @PattyBlack @Tushar_Suradkar @RosyKohli @Gurukrishnapriya @Ewaade_3A @ajitthite @CAAG1959 @AZ_2021 @Stephanie_OWL

[PattyBlack]

Grazie caro @TravellerG per questo viaggio nella vostra cultura è stato veramente interessante e stimolante per me. Adesso quando vedrò una persona con qui simboli saprò che non si tratta di vanità o abbellimento del corpo, ma che sono segni profondi di una cultura di valore inestimabile. Con i miei migliori auguri per il nuovo anno e un grande abbraccio dall’Italia. Continua a guidarci nel nuovo anno sempre con la stessa passione e amore per il tuo Paese

[TravellerG]

Hi, friends who have responded to Part -1 & -2, here is the 3rd & final part; kindly give your feedback:
@plavarda @Tejal @DENIT33 @PriyankaU @MohammadPalash @porkgoldzhuzhu @CreativeCreature @SanjayBDLG @Shrut19 @shahinurime

Thanks in advance

Happy New Year to all…

Warm Regards & Hugs from India

TG

[TravellerG]

Thank you very much for your prompt response and inspiring words, dear friend @PattyBlack

Happy New Year 2023.

Surely will try to give some depth to the Customs and Rituals of India in the coming days…

Once again thanks for your kind continued cooperation and support.

Regards…

[CoolKriss]

Very well explained as always

[Zuhralc]

Hello sir @TravellerG and Happy New Year . Thanks for this amazing, short, and meticulous post. It’s like I missed parts one and two of these, otherwise, I love photo 5 , been previously interacting with indians at my place of work and somehow fallen for indian ladies’ attires. Seeing pic 5 made me flashback. I have so many questions, however, I won’t ask because the answers might be in the two previous posts. Will try and go through the posts. Thank you again and happy guiding.

[Gurukrishnapriya]

Thanks for explaining the benefits of keeping bindi @TravellerG Sir. It’s not at all boring and you have explained it wonderful. Our customs if properly practiced helps us live healthy, physiologically and psychologically. Our tradition always insists on ‘prevention is better than cure’. I like the way you have narrated the benefits. Thanks again for the efforts and dedication you have put into writing this post.

[TravellerG]

Thank you very much for your kind words and valuable support, dear @CoolKriss .

Responses from you all mean a lot to me.

Best wishes & prayerful greetings.

[TravellerG]

Your kind words are really inspiring and heart touching, dear @Gurukrishnapriya .

“… ‘prevention is better than cure’…”

Absolutely, yes… Ayurveda, Yoga and Meditation emphasise this phylosophy.

Thanks for your kind response and support.

[TravellerG]

Thanks for your kind compliments, dear friend, @Zuhralc .

Inspiring words from you all keep me posting these works.

Of course, you know the value of time and effort to bring out such topics.

Once again, wishes for a wonderful New Year with a lot of ACHIEVEMENTS…

Sincerely

[AnshukMitra]

Whether it is a tika or a bindi, if we apply it on someone we generally never use our index finger as it possess all our energy and passing this to others is not recommended. I heard this from my elders.

@TravellerG

[Mansoor07]

Dear TG sir

It’s valuable post of Indian custom to know everyone

Thanks for sharing with us

Best wishes

[TravellerG]

Ohh… Dear friend @AnshukMitra ,

“… we generally never use our index finger…”

Oh… I see…

This is a new piece of information for me - thank you.

Truly, yes, we too traditionally use the Ring Finger to apply Bindi or Tilak.

Thanks, once again.

Best regards

[TravellerG]

Thank you very much, friend @Mansoor07 ,

Your feedback means a lot to me ; inspiration from you all push me to do more.

Most sincerely…

[CAAG1959]

Hola amigo @TravellerG un gran cierre de esta serie, hemos aprendido, de primera mano, mucho sobre el Bindi. Como siempre excelente reseña acompañada de una gran cantidad de fotografías que ilustran sobre los distintos Bindis, formas y colores que los occidentales desconocíamos (por lo menos en mi caso).

Doblemente gracias por compartirlo y por etiquetar me, es un honor que lo hagas.

Saludos desde Uruguay

[TravellerG]

Hello dear friend @CAAG1959

Your feedback & support keep us contributing in this platform.

Happy that the series about Bindi was informative and helpful.

I appreciate your kind gesture to attend my tagging and responding - thank you very much.

[CAAG1959]

Gracias por compartir la Serie @TravellerG . Considero que también con aportes de nuestro acervo cultural, religioso, folklórico y otros tantos, hacemos o pretendemos hacerlo, que un destino, un lugar sea más interesante para visitarlo.

Saludos desde Uruguay

[TravellerG]

Hello friend @CAAG1959

“… to make a destination, a place more interesting to visit…”

Yes, you are absolutely right - moreover, many a times, even if you Google Search, you won’t get the actual “LOCAL INFORMATION”…

Bindi is a good example… If you read Google, it will be very confusing and all the facts will not be available from a single source.

Hope you got me.

Thanks with regards.

PS :

Hope you have read my private message reply.

[InspiringCuriosity]

So beautifully explained! I know the significance of Bindi to some extent but this gave a whole new perspective! Thank you for this.