Sorry about the quality… I downloaded it (it’s my own photo, just not on my phone) and it appeared in the thumbnail for a random album, but wasn’t in the album. Or any album. So it’s a crop of the album thumbnail.
Project Swastik was a roads improvement programme in northern India. The swastika symbolises protection and it’s ubiquitous in India (and Asia).
Just add 4 dots and it’s the Hindu swastika.
With two large caveats immediately apparent to anyone familiar with Hinduism:
the Hindu Swastika is not at 45° tilt
the Hindu Swastika is traditionally also never drawn in black, as far as I’ve personally seen. It’s usually red / saffron.
An example.
Sorry about the quality… I downloaded it (it’s my own photo, just not on my phone) and it appeared in the thumbnail for a random album, but wasn’t in the album. Or any album. So it’s a crop of the album thumbnail.
Project Swastik was a roads improvement programme in northern India. The swastika symbolises protection and it’s ubiquitous in India (and Asia).
I’m Indian and Hindu. Please don’t try to explain my own religion to me. It can be drawn in black.
Hello from one Indian Hindu to another 👋
Hence my italicized “personally”. I’ve just never seen it in black.