Shaktas traditionally wear kumkum (KOOM-koom) of this color on their forehead. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this color of lac and vermilion dyes used in various Hindu contexts. Bindis placed on the forehead are usually either maroon or this primary color.
ANSWER: red
[10h] Many Ganapaytas use cosmetic red paste made from this plant. This plant is often ground with saffron into a paste applied to murtis.
ANSWER: sandalwood [or sandalwoods or sandalwood trees or sandalwood paste; Santalum; or chandanam; prompt on trees or wood]
[10m] Worshipers wear red clothes and cosmetics on Vijayadashami, in which statues of this deity are bid goodbye and immersed into a river or the sea. Red powder is used in the Sindur Khela tradition celebrated on the same day that honors this deity's defeat of the buffalo demon Mahishasura.
ANSWER: Durga [or Durga Puja; prompt on Kali; prompt on Parvati; prompt on Devi; prompt on Adi Shakti]
<Clark Smith , Religion - Hinduism>