A Hundred Autumns
To Live

 

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Forehead Marks

[Sri Vaishnava marks - Vadagalai][Sri Vaishnava marks - Tengalai]
[Forehead marks on an Assamese woman][Sindhoor][Shaiva marks]
[Swaminarayan tradition][ISKCON devotees][Forehead marks on a bride]

Sri Vaishnava Marks - Vadagalai

 • Chapter 1
 • Chapter 2
 • Chapter 3
 • Chapter 4
 • Chapter 5
 • Chapter 6
 • Chapter 7
 • Chapter 8
 • Chapter 9
 • Chapter 10
 • Chapter 11
 • Chapter 12
 • Chapter 13
 • Chapter 14
 • Chapter 15
 • Chapter 16
 • Chapter 17
 • Chapter 18
 • Chapter 19
 • Chapter 20

 


 

Sectarian marks are worn by devotess and also painted on temple walls. This is the Vadagalai mark
on the Kanchipuram Temple walls, and on the foreheads of young devotees.
May 1994.