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Especially during Diwali, Hindus may decorate their homes or outside areas with swastikas to symbolize auspiciousness; some, like this one, are made on the ground out of rice flour.
(Photo/Courtesy Hindu American Foundation)
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ADL event about California hate bill affirms Hindu-Jewish solidarity on swastikas

by Dan Pine August 12, 2022August 12, 2022

The Anti-Defamation League strongly supports the right to display a swastika.  Not the Nazi symbol that’s been an emblem of hate and terror for 100 years, but the ancient Hindu, […]

The Duveneck House at Hidden Villa featured tiles with pre-Nazi swastikas, a common symbol in Eastern religions, in Los Altos Hills. (Photo/Courtesy Hidden Villa)
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Uproar over historical pre-Nazi swastikas forces Bay Area summer camp to cancel sessions

by Emma Goss June 16, 2022June 17, 2022
Especially during Diwali, Hindus may decorate their homes or outside areas with swastikas to symbolize auspiciousness; some, like this one, are made on the ground out of rice flour.
(Photo/Courtesy Hindu American Foundation)
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New state hate crime bill differentiates Hindu swastika from Nazi emblem

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 27, 2022November 12, 2023

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