Namakatti is used to draw the naamam on the body by Vaishnavites, which represents the place where Sriman Narayana is said to reside. Thiruman is drawn as two vertical white lines on the forehead. The Srichurnam is the coloured line in the middle of the two vertical white lines. The white lines represent Sri Vishnu, and the yellow coloured line represents Sri Lakshmi. Together, the three lines are also called Naamam.This mango orange stick is made with ash or vibhuthi and clay. One of the most visible external symbols of Hindu identity is the mark that many of us wear on our foreheads.