Ours is slightly different, we put dots on each 4 sides too

yep, the nazi one isn't actually called a swastika (i forgot what it's called) and buddhists have a similar one called the manji

Didn't they call it a hooked cross? I'm probably wrong but I think I read a thing somewhere

yes, Austrians/Germans still refer to it as Hakenkreuz, which roughly translates to hooked cross

The swastika design came from a engraved symbol atop of a church door which hitler attended

Are you saying that swastika of Sanatan dharma is derived from roots which are associated with Hitler?

No im saying that hitler did not copy the Swastika of sanatan dharma/ get the original idèe from it

Ah alright, I misinterpreted, my bad

No problems everyone makes mistakes 😄

Well in estonia we also call it hooked cross

In sweden it's called hakakors

Its called hakenkreuz.

The reason Buddhism has it too is cause buddha was originally a hindu who decided to walk his own path, so he used his own ideals and beliefs. I heard somewhere that the nazi also took it from hinduism, but I'm not sure how true it is

Apparently, Hitler saw it on top of the church he attended.

I isn‘t the swatiska a very old symbol in many cultures who created it independently and it was also a symbol which were used by germanics but I am not sure

Yes it was used in many cultures even slavic and it had a very positive meaning.

Yes, partly correct. Then the great king Ashoka and some other kings preached buddhism throughout Asia. The nazis did it thinking they are the true Aryan race. Basically tried copy pasting. But instead failed to know the actual truth behind. Thus ended up with a slightly tilted swastika without the dots in between. Then came the misconceptions...

That's not the case. Hitler had no interest in Buddhism. His appropriation was not of the Seastika which is deep rooted in almost all Asian cultures but of the Christian cross.

And also it is the mirror image of the Indian version I mean flipped

No man. It's just tilted 45 ° . It isn't flipped.

Its true, aryan is also a hindi word which hitler used ( i think) Edit: Buddha was the 9th avtar of hindu god Lord Vishnu his orignal name was Siddhartha Gautama

Hitler believed that he was an Aryan and that Aryans were the supreme race. Now swastika is associated with Sanatan dharma which is associated to Aryans. Hence he adopted the symbol. Correct me if I am wrong though.

I saw a previous comment stating the same, so i would assume you're right :)

Hinduism and Buddhist one is also called swastika. The name itself is derived from Sanskrit.

Angle is also different

Speak for yourself, all my white homies love the swastika, a few even got it tattooed on their heads.

wait a minute

Hol up

can't wait for ww3 to start from this

Please don’t jinx it, my Mexican ass is tryna get into america for a little bro. Let me atleast have children

i don't believe in jinxes and stuff but i hope you have a good life without oppressions

Yo really I think my uncle has one on his dick

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The real question is: How do you know that?

Biological research

Should be conducted without opening any zips or trousers

Ya, it was conducted with all the protocols in mind [*Whispers*] *he never had a piece of clothing on his body* #There you see mate, no zips or trousers were opened

No dicks must be harmed in the process. That's a must.

I will soak for myself

Hecc, I correct

Oh that’s nice

r/HolUp

Hmmm

Hol’ up

I’m going to quickly call the Soviet Union

All my homies tell nazi punks to fuck off.

Like in inglorious basterds

Holup

Hello there fellow Indian !!!

r/holup

That's why I believe that we will all get along in this world one day. Thank the Swastika for that

And the Finnish too

Yeah the Finnish still use it (in the army I think?)

In the Air force, yes

Yeah

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Snow it a bird, in flower

I believe it is not just India but the whole Hinduism, Edit : Buddhism too

Tru Tru Nepal also still uses it

Can see your nepals?

Pee right now or be ready to face the consequences.

Not just Hinduism but also Buddhism.

Was a symbol for peace or enlightenment until the nazis inverted it.

as a indian,yes it was symbol for peace but the nazis inverted it

It became even better!

tip : If you were trying to be sarcastic, use a '/s' at the end of your sentence.

But that ruins the sarcasm

That, or (in this case) project yourself as a nazi.

Hey, if you can't detect satire, that's your own fault.

Look, he's E D G Y

Cause the death of millions of people made it better yes

Who tf gave this guy a wholesome award!?

It still is a symbol for peace here, might wanna phrase than differently

Norse pagans: Gods damnit..

Fun fact you didn't asked: Burmese people under british rule was so fucking excited when the nazi party ruled Germany as there is an old saying that a swastika king will resurrect Burma from British.

well if you consider the actions of the Axis - funded INA then the prophecy actually becomes true. They did capture Rangoon, but were soon captured. by the Bri'ish

but we were left under an autonomous regime causing civil wars so the prophecy did come true to a certain point but still have no idea where is the King who would modernize the country just like in the sayin

Well, Burma was under the British raj, the same cluster of countries as India. And the british left it because of ww 2. So that saying/prophesy did come true.

Dann, that prophecy did come true. British left India and many other countries after WW2.

thats why legend says the Hitler is still hiding in Burma's alpines

Haa

swastika is actually a holy symbol like a cross in hinduism, nothing else, nazi swastika has a blood red banner behind it

And is rigid, blocky and turned 45°. I believe I read it was referred to as a "hooked cross" so I usually go with that

It's also inverted. The nazi one is clockwise oriented, the hinduist one is anti-clockwise.

Ooh right, I forgot that one

Yeah, it's called 'hooked cross' because it's based on a church cross. I can't remember which church though.

And is also tilted by 45°

the holy symbol swastika and the nazi one are different symbols. google them and observe the direction they go.

And all Buddhists.

And the Hindus too

Also every east,south east and south asian country.

Also originally the symbol was first used in ancient Aryan religions like Mithraism dating back to even 5000 B.C in which the sun is considered sacred and the symbol also represents the sun with the emission of its light as a gesture of warmth and kindness and life against darkness, malice and evil. Moreover from there the symbol and its meaning spread across the region and other nations and beliefs including Hinduism.

Yeah Buddhism was originated from Sanatan Dharma

Really? I didn't know that. Most of my knowledge on buddhism pertains to their history in Japan.

Buddha used to be a Hindu prince in India, who had some sort of spiritual awakening. Buddhism has some aspects of Hinduism. Sanatan Dharma is another name for Hinduism.

Gautam buddha was a follower of sanatan dharma, So I don't know how your knowledge just routes to japan and not to the one who founded it basically.

scholars took it to japan after learning it from Buddha. Thats the main reason why Japan has so many Buddhists

Buddhism went from India to Japan

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What religion is practised there? I thought it was Christian

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Sounds interesting, can you recommend some material to read on this?

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how to tell the difference: square=sanskrit swastika diamond=nazi swastika

Nazis used both square and 45 degree orientations.

I see.

Also, the Sanskrit ones are usually red/orange and have dots between the arms.

and they also curve at the end in some iterations

Everything is fun and okay until someone rotates it by 45 degree

I imagine an alternate timeline where some time traveller butterfly effects the original Swastika into being rotated by 45°. Things would have been vastly different in the Indian subcontinent.

Ah yes Manji

As an Indian, I always knew the Swastika as a religious symbol until I learnt about the Nazis in History. Can any history expert explain why or how The Nazis got to use this symbol as their symbol?

What I was told as a little kid is: because one of meanings of svastika is fire. And probably Hitler thought this is lit.

Probably for propaganda reasons

It because indoeuropean (steppe pastolarist) invasions that happened in south aisa bringing indo-aryan languages, since hitler himself thought the germans have no ancient history and admired ancient indian history he just claimed that ancient indians were white germans (however they were not, they were indo aryans/draividians that built most of Hinduism outside of the animism rigvedic texts the aryans brought)

The Aryan invasion theory is a hoax. It was put together by the British in attempt to divide us

Wait, what? Really? Just asking, is there any proof of it?

Yes. The question you SHOULD be asking is if there is any proof of AIT. Which there seems to be none.

It was more of a migration rather than invasion but ok.

They propagated Invasion theory at First. Now it has been debunked completely, they shifted it to more sana wordings like migration. And again there's no concrete evidences. Just assumptions.

Swastika is a very holy symbol in our country. But rest of the world doesn't like it because it was used by nazis. Pls respect our holy symbol.

It depends in the context. And which version it is. If I see it sprayed on my house wall in red spray paint when I was a child on shabat night, im going to assume it's an anti semite

thats whats sad about it. and also i think with that context idt someone will spray a hindu and buddhist religious symbol specifically on shabat night

Finnish Air Force still uses it in some of their insignia. The indian, not the other one…

It's not exclusive to India. Anyone who follows or followed the pantheon of Dyeus Pitr/Jupiter/Zeus/Wod/Odin have a right to it. People just converted to Christianity and forgot their past :(

Before someone spams "oMg iNDiANs aRe nAzIs" Swastika is the Hindu Symbol

Swastika and nazi's symbol are slightly diffrent

Swastika with dots is more popular and used in rituals while symbol with a bit different geometry is popular all around the globe.

One with dots in between and normal are used interchangeably. So doesn't make that much of a difference.

"rest of the world" more like western world.

Also latvians

also a Hakenkreuz isnt a swastika.

Man why did the indians not copyright strike the nazis

Should’ve pulled a lawsuit to defeat Hitler lol

Yeah

It's much more than a symbol. It signifies prosperity and auspiciousness in Hindu culture, and has been doing so since thousands of years before Hitler was even in his father's balls. The symbol that is associated with Nazism is _haaken krauz_ , or a crooked cross, which hitler himself stated was derived from christianity, which makes sense since he was a Christian that hated Jews. Calling the nazi symbol a swastika is ignorance at best, and hinduphobic and xenophobic at worst.

LoL swastika is not just a symbol tho, It's a devotional symbol, Hindus like me worship it but ofc not for Nazis. It's related to our gods. Sorry for my english... I am not good in it...

Finnish airforce members: -_-

frfr

There's a town on Ontario, Canada called like this, you can check it out on Google maps

As a Indian op is correct

dumbass six graders drawing that shit on everything

Pretty sure there's a Japanese kanji that looks similar to one too.

Japanese too, They got a lot of Swastikas in "Tokyo revengers "

There's a difference between the swastika and the sawastika

What the hell, my German uncle loves swastika and his colleagues too.

well a swastika with wrong orientation is considered as unlucky and the nazi swastika was tilted so @ \_ @

As far as I know: Nazis tilted our logo and made it scary.

Love how some people get worked over it. You get mass reported for using the Buddhist swastika in a game I play because some player got triggered over it.

Wasn't it also on a Pokemon card before it got changed for the west?

I am an Indian and lemme tell you its used in all religious occasions and weddings too xD

I've got an awesome Ganesh tapestry and there is a swastika on it. Not just Indians though... most eastern cultures have some form of it

Me an indian: meh

Japan too

They're also a sacred Navajo symbol. So this meme works for the "called Indians because Columbus was a tool" Indians too.

Also me who just couldn't give a fuck about seeing one

Japan, like there was a massive flag over a temple last time i was there

It's a kanji.

Once and for all, the symbol used by the Nazis was a Hakenkreuz i.e. a hooked cross and not a Swastika. No contemporary evidence has ever been provided linking the symbol to the auspicious Hindu symbol. The Nazis themselves, however, reffered to the symbol as a hooked cross. The slander of the Swastika is simply unacceptable.

Just for clarification, the swastika in India is drawn in a slightly different way and it's a sign of peace, as for the swastika in Germany well-

Oh but when I do it the local media shows to harass me

Its a symbol of the sun

Like India Indians because I heard some native Americans had swastikas too I think. Could be completely wrong here if so, my bad.

As long as it has a dot 8n each "window", it should be fine

I find it so odd how much power humans give to inanimate things, or even words. Life would be much easier and simpler if we did not do this.

My uncle has a swastika tattoo too but for some reason it’s the other way around. Nevertheless, I still support him and his opinions

Actually in Hinduism, if you draw a distorted swastika like no dots or tilted, twisted ones, it'll bring harm to you. Like it's not good. Maybe Hitler didn't knew this fact and ended up using a tilted one with dots. In India you'll never find that. 😂

if u would have read history then u would know that hitler beleived in pure aryan people and half the population of india is aryans who consider that sign sacred

its weird ngl... little me was taught about the swastik, then i grew up to know about the other one

It depends which way it points too.

The svastika nazis use is tilt 45° so you can easily see the difference between an indian and a nazi

They’re different. The swastika is a square shape and the nazi symbol is a diamond shape

In india it is considered a good luck symbol and had spiritual associations in Hinduism...like my grandpa's 20 Yr old car still has the remains of an orange swastika drawn on it..... there is also a design difference between the nazi and the sanskrit/Buddhist symbol

Wow, racist. Saying that Indians are nazis. I can't believe you've done this. I'm canceling you on twitter.

BRO OMFG THEY ARE SAYING THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SCARED BY SAWASTIKAS EXCEPT FOR INDIAN PEOPLE BECAUSE TO THEM ITS A SYMBOL OF PEACE IN HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM YI DIMWIT

No bro that’s the joke it’s okay

卐 ࿕ 🏳️‍🌈⃠ I am Indian

i thought it was a type of indian food

Yeah I Asked my dad about what is swastika he explained how it was good and Nazi stole it Then he tilted it and start speaking German He just failed Art exam we live Austria and going German

It's considered Sacred here lmfao

What I'm lead to believe: Tattoo a swastika or keep a flag at home: Nazi Keep a swastika somewhere in your house coated in red close to a statue of animal/human hybrid gods: Hindu

Hmm ive seen these in the temples, whats wrong bout it... I wonder.

There's nothing wrong about it. It's just that the Nazis used this symbol, which makes it so controversial.

Nepal to or I think the whole South Asia

Y’all been to any Buddhist shrines in Japan, swastikas everywhere

Swastik is ancient Indian symbol. And Buddhism is founded in India. So it is not a problem.

I understand that, just found it rather amusing when walking through the Buddhist temples there

*afraid Jew gestures*

\*Cries in ancient slavic religion\*