Alta (dye)

A ceremony welcoming the newly wed bride to her new home, with the feet dipped in a mixture of milk and alta.

Alta (also Mahawar or Rose Bengal) is a red dye which Hindu women in the Indian subcontinent, notably Bengal, apply with cotton to their hands and feet during marriages and festivals.[1] Alta was originally produced from lac, although later it was replaced with synthetic dyes.

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References

  1. ↑ Garg, Gaṅgā Rām. (1992). Encyclopaedia of the Hindu world, Volume 2. p. 348.
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