A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where ...

This sacred stroke ... of India’s holy rivers, it morphs into a major display of Hinduism in various forms and designs. Some pilgrims wear it in the form of three yellow horizontal lines.

They march like a sea of people, walking toward the spot where they take holy baths, drawn by the hope ... their foreheads display a sacred stroke of color. Advertisement Article continues below ...