Guest guest Posted October 14, 2001 Report Share Posted October 14, 2001 Thanks Jen, I appreciated this. This is close to what I thought. You are a great source of information. Blessings, Bill ******************** , jenpolan@i... wrote: > Bill > HI I am sorry I don't know about vedic gods question. But I do know > lots about the markings on the foreheads. > It is simple, this is how I memorised it: > V on the forehead means Vishnu, hence they are called Vishnavites > (devotees of Vishnu) > Three white horizontal marks on forehead means Shiva, they are > Shivites. > Usually Shivites worship Ganesha more as Shiva is Ganesha's father. > But now a days all worship Ganesha. > It took me two years in India to get this down. Especially in > Brahmins, there are shivites and vishnavites. (not sure about other > castes) for marriage and other ritual traditions. Usually the > vishnavites go to Tirupathi, or the Venkataswara temple in Tirupathi. > > And on top of this, I only saw men keeping these on their forehead, > women don't do that, they just keep a bindi. > > I don't think there is any particular symbol to wear for Ganesha as > such. > > Jennifer > > Enjoy being an Indyan at http://www.indya.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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