Importance of Red Color in Hinduism

1. Importance of Red Color in Hinduism For the Hindu, colors play very important role in the culture and religion and have a very significance, transcend purely attractive values. Hindu artists use color on the deities and their dresses signifying their individuality. Proper use of colors creates surroundings, which should keep an individual cheerful. Some of the main colors used in religious ceremonies are red, yellow, pink, green from leaves, white from wheat flour etc. Red indicates both sensuality and purity. In Hindu religion, the red is of maximum significance and the color most habitually used for auspicious occasions like wedding, festivals, birth of a child, etc. A red mark is put on the forehead during rituals and important occasions.

2. It represents fire and as impurities are burnt by the fire, this color signifies purity. As a sign of wedding, Indian women put red powder on the hair parting. They also wear a red Indian wedding sari during wedding. The red powder is habitually thrown on statue of phallic and deities symbols during prayer. It is also the color of prowess (Shakti). A red colored Indian wedding sari is put on deities who are charitable, protective, brave and who have the ability to destroy evil. On the death of a married woman, her body is wrapped in a red cloth with solah singar for the cremation.