Shot in the city of Malda, India
The older woman wore both Sindoor and Bindi
A moon-faced woman wearing saree stood in front of me. She wore a sindoor on her forehead, a bindi between her eyebrows and a piercing on her nose. Using sindoor meant that she was married. And the bindi meant that she was Hindu probably. Yet It was difficult to know what the piercing meant.
It is said that the left nostril is connected to the genital function in Ayurveda. So all the women who have their nose pierced wear a pierced earring on the left side.
| Nov 2013 INDIA PEOPLE | |
| BINDI MALDA MOON FACE PIERCE SINDOOR WOMAN |
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PHOTO DATA
No
8104
Shooting Date
Jun 2011
Posted On
November 25, 2013
Modified On
January 16, 2020
Place
Malda, India
Genre
Portrait Photography
Camera
CANON EOS 1V
Lens
EF85MM F1.2L II USM
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