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plural tilaks
A mark or symbol worn on the forehead by Hindus, ornamentally or as an indication of status. quotations examples
I wore these spots of shine and silver like tilaks, the marks of colour that we Hindus wear on our foreheads as symbols of the divine.
2001, Yann Martel, Life of Pi
He dressed in a dhoti, had a wispy white beard that trailed down to his waist, and regularly smeared across his forehead a tilaka, a pitchfork-shaped design that signifies enlightenment.
2012 April 30, Jake Halpern, “The Secret of the Temple”, in The New Yorker