Tikka Girl. Tapestry

South Asian men and women sometimes wear a mark on the forehead, a dot, smudge, or lines of red, black, or ash-grey. The woman's mark is most often called a bindi. It can be worn as a decoration, by women of any religion, or as a Hindu religious observance. The mark worn by some Hindu men is called a tikka. The most common tikka is red powder applied with the thumb, in an upward stroke. At Hampi Bazar this girl is selling tikka powder. Also known as Virupaksha Bazaar, this street is located in front of the Virupaksha temple. About a kilometer long, the east end of the temple ends at the bottom of Matanga Hill . Both sides of the street are lined with a series of old pavilions, some of them are two storied. These structures were once ...