Crossword-Solution: MEHNDI 6 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 12

Instead of lac the Muhammadans use _mehndi_ or henna, the henna-leaves being pounded with catechu and the mixture rubbed on to the feet and hands.

The girl applies powdered _mehndi_ or henna to the little finger of the boy's right hand, in return for which she receives a rupee and a piece of cloth.

All Nature seemed to be rejoicing; the birds were singing; the sounds of bubbling and splashing waters (mountain-streams diverted from their natural channels, and brought into every garden), and hedges of the double pink and crimson Bareilly rose[17] in full bloom, interspersed with the oleander, and the mehndi (henna of Scripture) with its fragrant clusters, filling the air with the perfume of mignonette, presented a scene of earthly beauty which cannot be surpassed.