During the broadcast of the National Spelling Bee I noticed that the grandmother of one of the children participating in the spelling bee was wearing some sort of symbol on her forehead. What is this symbol and what does it mean?

how dose symbol look like one
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i will explan u
what it is

i dont know it is like a moyo i do not know the meaning of the symbol i think it means love

I know what it is because I am three quarters indian. It is called a bindi and only ladies where them. Boys wear a dot of red powder on their heads.

Okay.. Here wewe Go.. Its actually known as Bindi.. As wewe know that India is a Spiritual country.. In ancient days, Kumkum (which is made from the turmeric powder is an auspicious symbol )used for social and religious markings in Hinduism.Kumkum is applied to the forehead of a visiting girl au married woman as a sign of blessing and respect. However, it is not offered to widows.

Their is a zaidi Spiritual Aspect of Kumkum.. Lemme know if wewe want to know that too.. :)

But now a Days, as with the Change in Time & Lack of Time, Woman do wear the same RED Mark on the forehead but its ARTIFICIAL.. like Bindi.. but in actual its all About Kumkum...!!

However, Still in India, We apply Kumkum on our forhead if we have some osrt of Pooja au we gotta go visit some Temple.. n all.. :)

this is our religion