Even today, children in many Hindu families wear a dot of curd on the forehead as an auspicious sign before a job interview or an exam for good luck.
History shows that men of royalty, priestly families and high caste men in India sported a mark at the centre of their foreheads as a mandatory cultural custom. Placed within contemporary perspectives, it is debatable whether it is popular television that has resurrected the bindi as a cosmetic to enhance the feminine image of woman. Is the bindi a fashion statement, a caste mark or a marriage symbol? It is all three.
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