It is called a "bindi."
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They can use anything from a henna tattoo, to stickers, to a type of glue to keep it on.
It is a symbol of their faith
Women in India wear a red dot to represent a third eye which stands for knowledge, because of the goddess Shiva know as the destroyer.
To get an Indian man of the bus you would have to press his red dot on his forehead. LOL!
Indian men & women of the Hindu religion get a smudge of orange dust on their foreheads as a blessing. It is generally located where the "third eye" is.
If you mean the sindoor on women's foreheads, no they are not. It is a washable, red powder.
It is a form of Tilak which is symbol of auspeciousness and the yellow line with red dot symbolize to give respect to lord Vishnu
In Hindu religion in India man use to put a straight line mark or a 'V' mark on their forehead which is known as TILAK which generall is formed by sandalwood paste, and which represent the god devotion, while women who are married put a dot on their forehead as the sign of their marrige.
They wear the Bindi, or dot on the forehead.
A dot on the forehead (bindi) does not appear in the bible. One of its meanings is a Hindu tradition in India to signify that a woman is married (the dot is called a kunkumam).