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Mani said:

>The primary place for the urdhva pundra is on the

>forehead. The two white lines represent the feet

>of the Lord, and the red line represents Lakshmi

>Thaayar who is everpresent with him. The Azhvaars

>refer to this tradition of wearing the pundra as

>"wearing the feet of the Lord on one's head",

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>representing one's eternal relation as his servant.

 

 

Why do we place this mark on Lord's forehead as well?

This practice has given us a lot of headache ;-)

 

-- Dileepan

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