| There is plenty of heavy bridal and occasion wear in bright fuchsias and shaded hues of mustard and magenta, aqua and greens and traditional kumkum red. |
| Women put kumkum powder on my forehead and showed me when to take holy water and when to put 10 rupees in the tray. |
| Women apply kumkum on the foreheads of their sons and husbands and send them to fight battles. |
| In the busy commercial streets of the city you will find huge pumpkins broken to pieces and scattered on the road, some smeared with kumkum. |
| I wore a black shirt and dhoti and applied sandalwood paste and kumkum to my forehead. |
| A maid passed her the gold thali with a lamp and kumkum and turmeric powder in it. |
