DIFFERENT TYPE OF TILAK

Tilak
 The tilak is worn every day by sadhus and pious
householders, and on special occasions like weddings and
religious rituals.
A tilak is also applied by a priest during a visit to the
temple as a sign of the deity's blessing, for both men
and women.
 Tilak marks are applied by hand or with a metal stamp.
They might be made of ash from a sacrificial fire,
sandalwood paste, turmeric, cow dung, clay, charcoal,
or red lead.
 Inaddition to its religious symbolism, the tilak has a
cooling effect on the forehead and this can assist in
concentration and meditation.
Brahma Sampradaya
 Madhva sampradaya
The Madhva
sampradaya mark
two vertical lines
In between a representing
vertical black Krishna's 'lotus feet'.
line is made In the Madhva
from the daily sampradaya the tilak
coal of the is made out of
yajna-kunda Gopichandana mud
(fire sacrifice). from Dwaraka.
 Gaudiya sampradayaIn the Gaudiya
Vaishnava
sampradaya the tilak
In the Gaudiya line is usually made out of
devotees do not mud from Vrindavan.
approach Radha and The main tilak is
Krishna directly, but basically identical to
always indirectly the Madhva tilak
through their servant. ( Two vertical lines
To indicate this, the representing
black line representing Krishna's 'lotus feet‘).
Radha is replaced with
a tulsi leaf offered at
the base of Krishna's
feet.
 Kumara Sampradaya

Within these lines,

between the eyebrows The tilak is made of
is a black dot, made Gopi-Chandana (the
from the slate found in clay from Gopi Kunda
Barsana, Uttar lake in Dwarka,
Pradesh, the sacred Gujarat). It starts at the
birthplace of Radha. bridge of the nose and
This is said to continues as two
represent God as vertical lines to the top
Radha and Krishna of the forehead.
together.
Rudra Sampradaya

The tilak worn is

generally a single
vertical red line. This
line represents Yamuna
devi. The form of
Krishna worshiped in
this sampradaya is Sri
Nathji or Govardhana..
 Sri Sampradaya

A red line in the

middle which
representing
Lakshmidevi. The
red line was Tilak with two lines representing
originally made the feet of Narayana. the tilak is
from a red stone made out of the white mud found
found within the ant in anthills. The scriptures tell us
hill. The ants would that the mud from the base of a
usually make their Tulasi plant and the white mud
ant hill on top of from within the ant hill are both
these red stones. pure and best for making tilak.
 Shaiva Marks

In general Shaiva tilaka is made of ash

coming from burned wood, cow dung
or incense. The tradition of ash goes
back to stories that tell how Shiva
would smear his body with ash taken
from cremation sites, and so today,
Shaivas mark their bodies with holy
ash. In general, amongst Shaivas, the
wearing of tilaka is not as extensive or
as rigid as it is in the Vaishnava
schools. Here are the most common
Shaiva patterns. .
 Importance of Tilak

Atharvana Upanisad
Anyone who marks his body with the tilak which
resembles the lotus feet of Lord hari becomes dear to
the Paramatma. He becomes fortunate and attains
liberation.

Brahmaratra
One should meditate on Me by chanting Om and
should mark his body with vertical tilak daily. Anyone
who marks thus attains sayujya liberation.
THANK YOU