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Symbols represent a major part of an activity, or belief. Religions use them to represent deities and other parts of their religion. Other important everyday activities that use symbols are sports, countries, states, political groups, clubs, and schools.
The Hindu people use symbols to represent gods and other aspects of thier life and religion. They use four main symbols, The Bindi, the Swatika, the Lotus, and the Aum.
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One of the most prominent Hindu symbols is the Bindi. A small colored dot, about the size of a person's thumbnail, the Bindi is traditionally worn by Hindu women. It is said to protect the women from harm.
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Another primary symbol is the swastika, the same symbol that the Nazis used during World War II. Many Indians consider the swastika holy. It is a symbol of both the sun god Surya, and Ganesh, the elephant- headed god who is also known as "the Remover of Obstacles." It is also a symbol of good luck , prosperity, peace and love. Recently Hindu people have been trying to rid the symbol of all of the foul meanings that it had when Adolf Hitler's Nazis controlled it.
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Yet another symbol is the Lotus-Flower. It is a symbol for a person seeking release from Samsara. In any picture of a Hindu god, the god is in some way associated with the lotus flower.
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The final symbol, and the most important, is the Aum(OM). It symbolizes infinite Brahman in its name,
- A- Creation (Brahman)
- U- Preservation (Vishnu)
- M- Destruction (Shiva)
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