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  • I cannot give you a comprehensive answer, as there are many answers. The most prominent (according to my Indian friends, who are all male) is a woman's marital status. A woman begins wearing red as a bride and continues to wear it (as a dot on her forehead similar to a bindi, for instance) after she is married. The significance and use of the color in India is by no means universal.
  • It can stand for Islam. It represents strength. It symbolizes love. In ancient times, it symbolized blood. A groom used to apply his blood, on-his bride's forehead as recognition of wedlock. The existing practice among Indian women of applying a round shaped red Tilaka called Bindiya or Kumkum could be a survival of this.
  • Bhagwa or the saffron colour denotes renunciation of disinterestedness. Our leaders must be indifferent to material gains and dedicate themselves to their work.

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