Topic summary
Tilak
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Tilaka.
Vaishnavite tilakas
- Vijayshree – a white urdhva pundra tilaka with a white line in the middle, founded by Swami Balanand of Jaipur;
- Bendi tilaka – a white urdhva pundra tilaka with a white round mark in the middle, founded by Swami Ramprasad Acharya of Badasthan Ayodhya; and
- Chaturbhuji tilaka – white urdhva pundra tilaka with the upper portion turned 90 degrees in the opposite direction, no shri in the middle, founded by Narayandas of Bihar, ascetics of Svarg Dvar of Ayodhya follow it.