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In the modern age and even due to limited supply of Indian Traditional Mehndi artists, usually people buy ready-made Henna cones, which are ready to use and make painting easy. However, in rural areas in India, women grind fresh henna leaves on grinding stones with added oil, which though not as refined as professionally prepared henna cones, achieves much darker colors.

Mehndi   in Indian tradition is typically applied during special   Hindu weddings   and   Hindu   festivals like   Karva Chauth ,   Vat Purnima ,   Diwali ,   Bhai Dooj   and   Teej . In   Hindu   festivals, many women have Henna applied to their hands and feet and sometimes on the back of their shoulders too, as men have it applied on their arms, legs, back, and chest. For women, it is usually drawn on the palm, back of the hand and on feet, where the design will be clearest due to contrast with the lighter skin on these surfaces, which naturally contain less of the pigment   melanin . Some   Muslims   in the   Indian subcontinent   also apply Mehndi during festivals such as   Eid-ul-Fitr   and   Eid-ul-Adha .

Practiced mainly in the   Indian Subcontinent ,   mehndi   is the application of a temporary form of   skin decoration , popularized in the West by Indian cinema and the entertainment industry, the people in   Nepal ,   Bangladesh   and the   Maldives   also use mehndi. Mehndi decorations became fashionable in the West in the late 1990s, where they are called   henna tattoos

While there is some controversy over the origins of the use of henna leaf powder as a dying agent, the earliest clear evidence of henna powder application on the body appears in   Egyptian   mummies whose hair and nails were stained with the reddish brown tones of henna. Botanists believe the henna plant,   Lawsonia inermis , originated in   Egypt   and was carried regularly to   India   where it was used since at least 700 AD for decorating hands and feet. Historically henna has also been used for medicinal purposes, to dye cloth and leather as well as hair, to color the manes of horses and the fur of other animals

There are many variations including Arabic, Indian and Pakistani designs. Women usually apply mehndi designs to their hands and feet, though some, including cancer patients and women with  alopecia  occasionally decorate their scalps. The standard color of henna is brown, but other design colors such as white and gold are sometimes employed.

Mehndi   is derived from the   Sanskrit   word   mendhikā . [1]   The use of mehndi and   turmeric   is described in the earliest   Hindu   Vedic   ritual books. It was originally used for only women's palms and sometimes for men, but as time progressed, it was more common for men to wear it. Haldi (staining oneself with turmeric paste) as well as mehndi are Vedic customs, intended to be a symbolic representation of the outer and the inner sun. Vedic customs are centered on the idea of "awakening the inner light". Traditional Indian designs are representations of the sun on the palm, which, in this context, is intended to represent the hands and feet

Mehndi   or   mehendi   is a form of   body art   from   Ancient India , in which decorative designs are created on a person's body, using a paste, created from the powdered dry leaves of the   henna   plant ( Lawsonia inermis ) . Ancient in origin,   mehndi   is still a popular form of body art among the women of the   Indian Subcontinent ,   Africa   and the   Middle East .