• A Basil Plant
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    3 days ago

    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.

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      2 days ago

      I’m Indian and Hindu. Please don’t try to explain my own religion to me. It can be drawn in black.

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        2 days ago

        Hello from one Indian Hindu to another 👋

        It can be drawn in black.

        Hence my italicized “personally”. I’ve just never seen it in black.

    • MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      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).