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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- dye
- Country of origin
- India
- Material used
- calcium hydroxide
- Image
- A depiction of Kumkum in a bowl.JPG
- Has use
- ceremony
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- Commons category
- Kumkum
- color produced
- red
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Application
- Common forehead marks
- Significance
- Kumkuma and women
- Making kumkuma
- Other uses
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Kumkuma powder from Mysore, India.
Kumkuma is a powder used for social and religious markings in India. It is made from turmeric or any other local materials. The turmeric is dried and powdered with a bit of slaked lime, which turns the rich yellow powder into a red color.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kumkum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.