The Wedding Bride, wedding bride with red bindi
A bindi is a red dot worn on the center of the forehead, commonly by
the wedding bride.
Bindi or bindu is considered the point at which creation begins and may become unity for the wedding bride and groom.
It is also described as "the sacred symbol of the cosmos in its unmanifested state. Bindi is a bright dot of red colour applied by the wedding bride in the center of the forehead close to the eyebrow worn in South Asia particularly India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Southeast Asia among Bali and Javanese Hindus. Bindi in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism is associated with Ajna Chakra and Bindu is known as the third eye chakra and is linked to the pineal gland which may inform a model of its envisioning. Bindu is the point or dot around which the mandala is created, representing the universe. Bindi has historical and cultural presence in the region of Greater India and its a symbol of shaubhagya for the wedding bride particularly in the marriage. The bindi is said to retain energy and strengthen concentration.
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