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Swastika is a sacred symbol in Hinduism. The original inspiration for Hitler was hooked cross. You will commonly find swastika painted across homes in India.

thaumasiotes 6y ago
> Swastika is a sacred symbol in Hinduism. The original inspiration for Hitler was hooked cross. No, the inspiration was the Indian swastika. Same reason he wanted to call himself "Aryan". (The swastika is also a sacred symbol in Buddhism, for reference. One day someone will petition to have 卐 removed from the relevant Chinese Unicode block.)
- catalogia 6y ago
  The swastika was also in use in the west in the early 20th century before the Nazis came to power. One example of this can be seen painted on the inside of the nosecone of the Spirit of Saint Louis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spirit_of_St._Louis_Nose_Cone_1.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spirit_of_St._Louis_Nose_... (It should probably be noted that the Spirit of Saint Louis was flown by Charles Lindbergh, who is generally thought to have been a Nazi sympathizer a bit later in life. But I think it's unlikely this particular swastika from 1927 was painted with the Nazis in mind. Particularly, it wasn't painted by Lindbergh.) Here is an American postcard from 1910 featuring a swastika in the notorious "tilted" orientation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_use_of_the_swastika_in_the_early_20th_century#/media/File:PostcardSwastica1910.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_use_of_the_swastika_in... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_use_of_the_swastika_in_the_early_20th_century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_use_of_the_swastika_in...
  - reaperducer 6y ago
    And by plains indians before that. I saw the Corn Palace in South Dakota one year, and it was decorated with traditional local indian symbols, including the swastika.
- praveenperera 6y ago
  > The swastika is also a sacred symbol in Buddhism, for reference. Yes, it's widely used in Sri Lanka for this reason. Check out the logo for one of the largest all girls schools in Sri Lanka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musaeus_College https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musaeus_College
- naruvimama 6y ago
  Why was it then called the hooked cross? Hitler appropriated a Hindu/Buddhist symbol that is more than 5000 years old, and as you say it would be erased out of the digital world. Isn't it time to return the original meanings and intent of these symbols.
  - naruvimama 6y ago
    https://www.facebook.com/upwordindia/videos/2662610620694569/?d=null&vh=e https://www.facebook.com/upwordindia/videos/2662610620694569...

thaumasiotes 6y ago

> Swastika is a sacred symbol in Hinduism. The original inspiration for Hitler was hooked cross. No, the inspiration was the Indian swastika. Same reason he wanted to call himself "Aryan". (The swastika is also a sacred symbol in Buddhism, for reference. One day someone will petition to have 卐 removed from the relevant Chinese Unicode block.)

catalogia 6y ago
The swastika was also in use in the west in the early 20th century before the Nazis came to power. One example of this can be seen painted on the inside of the nosecone of the Spirit of Saint Louis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spirit_of_St._Louis_Nose_Cone_1.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spirit_of_St._Louis_Nose_... (It should probably be noted that the Spirit of Saint Louis was flown by Charles Lindbergh, who is generally thought to have been a Nazi sympathizer a bit later in life. But I think it's unlikely this particular swastika from 1927 was painted with the Nazis in mind. Particularly, it wasn't painted by Lindbergh.) Here is an American postcard from 1910 featuring a swastika in the notorious "tilted" orientation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_use_of_the_swastika_in_the_early_20th_century#/media/File:PostcardSwastica1910.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_use_of_the_swastika_in... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_use_of_the_swastika_in_the_early_20th_century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_use_of_the_swastika_in...
- reaperducer 6y ago
  And by plains indians before that. I saw the Corn Palace in South Dakota one year, and it was decorated with traditional local indian symbols, including the swastika.
praveenperera 6y ago
> The swastika is also a sacred symbol in Buddhism, for reference. Yes, it's widely used in Sri Lanka for this reason. Check out the logo for one of the largest all girls schools in Sri Lanka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musaeus_College https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musaeus_College
naruvimama 6y ago
Why was it then called the hooked cross? Hitler appropriated a Hindu/Buddhist symbol that is more than 5000 years old, and as you say it would be erased out of the digital world. Isn't it time to return the original meanings and intent of these symbols.
- naruvimama 6y ago
  https://www.facebook.com/upwordindia/videos/2662610620694569/?d=null&vh=e https://www.facebook.com/upwordindia/videos/2662610620694569...