Namaste All,
On my weekly holidays, after my bath my wife sometimes smears bhasma (holy ash) on my forehead, neck, chest, upper arms, elbows and wrists with her three fingers. She tells it brings prosperity to the home. She wears it on her forehead only. She tells women are forbidden to wear any tilaka over the body other than forehead and neck. We are not in any sect (We keralites worship Devi, Shiva, Krishna, Ganesh, Ayyappa etc.). We use bhasma, chandan and kumkum for tilaka.
Recently in Maharashtra we saw some Veershaivaite women with bhasma tripundra tilaka all over their body. They look very beautiful with Bhasma lepana. We then searched the net and found women with tripundra tilaka on their forehead. But not over the body.
Our doubt is, Can women other than Veershaiva sect smear bhasma all over their body?
With love,
hari
On my weekly holidays, after my bath my wife sometimes smears bhasma (holy ash) on my forehead, neck, chest, upper arms, elbows and wrists with her three fingers. She tells it brings prosperity to the home. She wears it on her forehead only. She tells women are forbidden to wear any tilaka over the body other than forehead and neck. We are not in any sect (We keralites worship Devi, Shiva, Krishna, Ganesh, Ayyappa etc.). We use bhasma, chandan and kumkum for tilaka.
Recently in Maharashtra we saw some Veershaivaite women with bhasma tripundra tilaka all over their body. They look very beautiful with Bhasma lepana. We then searched the net and found women with tripundra tilaka on their forehead. But not over the body.
Our doubt is, Can women other than Veershaiva sect smear bhasma all over their body?
With love,
hari