Hare Krishna devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
I am aware of the importance of wearing tilak on our body but I want to know why do we apply vaisnav tilak on the forehead of deity? As it signifies lords Lotus feet why do we need to put it on the lord's forehead? Please clarify.
Ys,
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Hare Krsna
Lord Sri Krsna applies tilak made of dust of His devotees' feet.
Once lord Sri Krsna got headache. The cure for His headache was applying dust of His devotees on His forehead. Narada Muni went to many devotees asking for their dust. No devotee was willing to give. Only gopis of Braj Vrindavan were willing to give in profuse quantity, despite knowing that they will go to hell. Because even accidentally if a person's feet touches the lord, they would be subjected to severe punishment in hell. But gopis don't care what happens to them. They just wanted to relieve Krsns from His pain.
Hare Krsna
Thank you Prabhuji
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