Very much reminds me of the prayer marks on a Muslim’s forehead…
Could it be, that the original way of worship was the way Muslims worshipped, and throughout the long eons of Hindu history, it was forgotten…But the only thing remaining in the memories and knowledge of the people, was the curious mark on the forehead of the real Hindu worshippers…
If you look closely, every Muslim has a differently placed, sized prayer mark…Some have one single mark on the forehead, some have parts of the forehead creased while some have lines going horizontally on their forhead, two or three…
If we look at the different markings in hinduism, you’ll see they also vary a lot…The two lines made by the southern swamis, the three conjoined horizontal lines of the regular Pundits, the vertical red mark of the Rajputs…
I believe, during the ages, people just remembered that the true Hindus had markings on their forehead…To which they applied logic and made it into a third eye as a form of explanation…
Makes sense, don’t it…