Traditional Indian clothing greatly varies across different parts of the country and is influenced by local culture, geography and climate. Women traditionally wear Sari, Gagra Choli, Phiran, Shalwar Kameez and Gharara with Dupatta worn over head or shoulder to complete the outfit. Traditionally, the area between the eyebrows is said to be the sixth chakra, ajna, the seat of "concealed wisdom". The red dot worn on the center of the forehead, close to the eyebrow, commonly by Hindu women, is named bindi. It is known as the third eye chakra, the point or dot around which the mandala is created, representing the universe.
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