{"id":5791,"date":"2009-10-06T17:48:39","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T09:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/?p=5791"},"modified":"2009-10-06T17:50:52","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T09:50:52","slug":"survey-results-on-wearing-religious-mark-on-forehead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/religion\/2009\/10\/06\/survey-results-on-wearing-religious-mark-on-forehead\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey results on wearing religious mark on forehead"},"content":{"rendered":"

The intro to the poll received many interesting and varied comments. Do read them first over here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The poll ran from September 15th until October 3rd (18 days). A total of 175 <\/strong>response was elicited, with a majority saying they do wear such religious marks (67%)<\/strong>.\u00a0 9%<\/strong> do so on special occasions, while 7% <\/strong>do not wear such marks as they don’t believe in it. 6%<\/strong> wear such a mark if they remember while 4%<\/strong> feel uncomfortable doing so. 3%<\/strong> each voted for reasons “not praying” and “divisive mark”, while only 1%<\/strong> cited health reason.<\/p>\n

[poll id=12]<\/p>\n

As usual, this poll is just a general indication and is not representative of any segment\/group of the population. The demographics of the voters are unknown, and as such, its relevance is limited to being a topic for discussion.<\/p>\n

The earlier article received comments saying that its a personal choice and that no necessary need to wear marks on the forehead (not necessarily vibuthi only, can be thilak, or kungkumum, santhanam etc. too).<\/p>\n

It is possible that many people wear such marks without knowing the benefit or use to one’s self and community. Some argue its a personal choice or a tradition\/culture (which is possible as Hinduism is firmly entrenched in Indian culture).<\/p>\n

I hope the poll did trigger readers to investigate further and learn something about putting religious marks on their foreheads.<\/p>\n