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- Sindoor is a
traditional red or orange-red colored cosmetic powder from the Indian
subcontinent, usually worn by married women along the parting of their
hair.
- Tradition of
wearing Sindoor or vermillion is said to have traveled through more than
5,000 years of Hindu culture.
- In Hindu
tradition, the practice of wearing sindoor by married women is explained
through popular myths.
- Sindoor is also
considered to be the symbol of the female energy of Parvati and Sati.
- The ritual of
applying sindoor is followed in almost all the religions of India,
making it an important part for the conclusion of the marriage ceremony.
- The process
provides an opportunity for the preparation of different shades of
sindoor like orange, red, dark red, mehroon, etc., using different dyes
and their blends.
- Modern sindoor
mainly uses vermilion, which is an orange-red pigment.
- Sindoor is
prepared by mixing turmeric-lime and the metal mercury.
- Traditionally, the
red sindoor was made at home from turmeric and alum.
- Sindoor is most
important beauty item for wedded women, devotion and other purposes.
- As per results of
Double Blind Clinical testing, the red and mehroon coloured herbal
sindoor is quite safe for skin application having no adverse effect on
skin.
- Most of the
sindoor available in market are made from synthetic dyes, filler
materials, lime and salts of lead and mercury to provide fast and
brilliant red shades.
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