The Padma Purana refers to this and describes the effect of wearing a tilaka and neckbeads made with sacred tulasi and lotus seed beads: You can do it with water if you don’t want to have an actual marking on your forehead. There are tilakas for different parts of the body too, not just forehead. It’s a kind of a science! All in all, applying tilaka every morning is a super auspicious act of humility and surrender. For example, to differentiate between slightly different philosophies among Vaishnavas, followers of Vishnu, there are all these tilakas:Īnd among one tradition of Vaishnavism, Gaudiya Vaishnavism, there are following various tilakas:
There are also variations in tilaka shape among the followers of the same deity. Sadhus giving their blessings with their raised palms
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