X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,d04001e2bb436b03 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-11-08 11:01:01 PST Path: gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!warwick!not-for-mail From: phudl@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr S J Liddicott) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Swastika symbol in most hindu homes in India Date: 8 Nov 1993 18:48:24 -0000 Organization: University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Lines: 16 Message-ID: <2bm49o$sco@lily.csv.warwick.ac.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lily.csv.warwick.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yes but the Nazi swastika is a mirror image of the indian one. It has its tails pointing the other way. In article , agrawal@lipari.usc.edu (Amitabh Agrawal) writes: > >The negatinve Swastika symbol (also called "swastika" in the native >tongue i.e. Hindi) can be found drawn in a lot of indian homes . I can >remember it drawn at my grand ma's and several of my relatives (my >mother is not a very religious person). -- *----------*-------------------------------------------------------------* | Sam Jam|"Never underestimate the importance of a cheap laugh"- | | Liddicott| phudl@csv.warwick.ac.uk Plucky Duck TTA | *---For ScoobyDoo episodes mail with "hoi! list scooby" as subject line--*