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Photographs and Paintings An Indian Woman -- Her attire has not changed in centuries 68th way of wearing vermilion Some women first apply the sandal-wood paste and then apply the vermilion A Traditional Man with Vermilion on Forehead Widow without the Vermilion Traditionally, widows did not wear kumkum as a respect to the departed husband "I have grown my hair (Jata) and wear this vermilion (nama) to fulfill a vow" Indian Woman with stick-on vermilion "I am a poor priest of a poor temple" Son of the Priest Notice his vertical bars (nama) on the forehead. This is a characteristic of the Iyengar community in the South India "Sweet Smiles Don't Cost Anything!" "I have never been photographed before. More | Random

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