Talk:Sindoor

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"The bindi is mere beautification, like the velvet patches or beauty-spots worn by well-dressed European women in the 18th century."

This is VERY inaccurate. The bindi is worn by Hindu women for religion not beauty.

No, it is accurate. sindoor is worn by Hindu women for relgion and bindis for beauty.

nope if anything it is the opposite. sindooram is incredibly religious.

Work needs to be done
This sindoor custom is intriguing and deserves a better article. Surprised it is so weak. Muslim women have a variant of it too (not with sindoor though). --Hunnjazal (talk) 09:26, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Do not merge
Sindoor and Kumkum appear to be different things. Sindoor is very specific and has specific uses. Kumkum appears to be more general and can have several compositions and colors. It also has multiple functions unrelated to Sindoor. Maybe Sindoor can be classified as a type of Kumkum (uncertain of this - is it true?), but its cultural and religious significance warrant a distinct article. --Hunnjazal (talk) 09:19, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Title Change request
It is Sindooram not Sindoor. Sindoor is the Hindi derivative of the original, pan-Indian word Sindooram. Can someone please change? 108.244.138.234 (talk) 18:05, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Ingredients
Seems there's a great deal of confusion on what it is made of today. I cannot find what source verifies Bixa orellana, there's no mention of turmuric in the lede, and we should probably remove any mention of "tradition" without sourcing from references that provide dates and history. --Ronz (talk) 19:59, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Difference from Kumkuma?
Currently (as has been the case for years), this article states that kumkuma is "another name for sindoor". If, as Hunnjazal supposes above, Sindoor and Kumkum are "different things", then this article should instead explain the difference. &mdash; Sebastian 13:53, 19 December 2017 (UTC)