During Dashain, a significant festival in Nepal, family members receive "tika" (a mixture of yogurt, rice, and vermilion) on their foreheads along with blessings from elders. The Sanskrit hymn ...
Representarive image of a family celebrating Dashain. Credit: Getty Images/AFP/Prakash Mathema, Getty Images/Jennifer A Smith, Getty Images/Jasper Neupane ...
Far from home for the 15-day Dashain festival — the most important ... sisters were having a chat because they were putting the tika [symbolic red dot on the forehead] on, which is a tradition ...
The series of the events under Dashain are each marked with a different set of rituals. On the culmination of celebrations, known as Tika, people are seen moving around with their foreheads ...