Swastika

Swastika (卐) is a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Hinduism. It is a Sanskrit word that literally means “conducive to well being”. It is one of the sacred symbol in Hinduism and used for all rituals by 1.2 billion people (1 in every 6 people) around the world. You can easily type Swastika using Pramukh IME. Copy Swastika If you are in a hurry and don’t want to quickly learn typing Swastika, select and copy Swastika and paste it in Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, TikTok, Instagram or any other social media platform. 卐 Learn to type Swastika in 10 seconds Visit Type +- (plus sign followed by minus sign) in the typing area and you will see the typed Swastika (卐). There you go. You learned it.

It looks like a plus sign (+) bent and curved at its ends in a clockwise direction or like two uncurved Ss crossing each other in the mid. It is also used as bent and curved at its ends in an anticlockwise direction, but Hindus use it which is only in a clockwise direction. Sometimes four dots are given in four quadrants formed by the figure. Table of Contents: • • • Origin of Swastika Symbol: Its history can be traced back to the Indus Valley Civilization. Its use can be found not only in Hinduism but also in other religions like It can also be spelled as Svastica, Swastica, or Suastica. History of Swastika: No definitive history about its origin is available, but the earliest evidence is found in Indus Valley Civilization where it is used in ornaments. The other pieces of evidence found are: 1. The ancient city of Troy. 2. The iron age Koban culture. 3. In pre-Christian Europe and folk culture. 4. In ancient Greek designs. As a Nazi symbol: In 1920, the Nazi Party officially accepted Swastika as its symbol but soon after the rise of Hitler it started representing the Nazi power of Germany. Because of the massacres of Jews done by Hitler, it became the symbol of evil and people started to hate it which was very unfortunate. Its effects are still seen in the West where most of the people hate this symbol just because it was used by the Nazis. Swastika in Hinduism: It is an important Hindu symbol used on many auspicious occasions, like puja, marriages, Vastushanti, etc. The...

Heinrich Schliemann had grown obsessed with finding The Iliad to search the Mediterranean. Several years passed, the findings proved disappointing and he came close to giving up before a British amateur archaeologist named Frank Calvert made a suggestion: Schliemann should dig at the mysterious mound of Hisarlik on the Aegean coast of Turkey. • How did the Nazi party rise to power in Germany in 1933? And what were Hitler’s motivations? There, during the 1870s, Schliemann unearthed layers of civilisations dating back thousands of years, and declared the oldest to be Troy. The city of legend had been found – although it turned out to be a different layer than the one Schliemann thought – as well as a cache of jewellery, bronze, silver and gold. It was more than he had dared to hope. Yet in the ancient ruins he made another fateful discovery: some 1,800 depictions of a symbol that resembled a cross with bent arms: the swastika. More like this • News of Schliemann’s sensational excavations spread far and wide, quickly followed by the swastika, which became a ubiquitous sign, visible throughout Europe and North America. Swastikas would appear in advertising, adorning buildings as architectural motifs, and worn on badges or medallions. Sports teams, from ice hockey to basketball, even named themselves the Swastikas, so closely was the symbol associated with luck and success. At the same time, however, the swastika’s long history saw it become a favourite of German nati...

Author • James M. Skidmore Director, Waterloo Centre for German Studies, University of Waterloo Disclosure statement James M. Skidmore does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Partners The Conversation UK receives funding from these organisations View the full list The images from Charlottesville, Va., of white supremacists marching with Nazi banners reminded us, as if we needed it, that the swastika remains a potent symbol of racist hate. In Germany, where neo-Nazis also march, it’s illegal to display the swastika, and citizens there initiate private or neighbourhood efforts to remove it from graffiti and other street art. But attempts to eradicate the swastika can sometimes misfire, as happened recently in Quebec. Corey Fleischer, known by the Instagram handle Plaques suggested that the anchors were from the Third Reich, but Fleischer remained unmoved by this historical explanation. As I come across this obsession with swastikas time and time again. In my university courses on German cultural history, students are repelled yet fascinated by the horror it symbolizes. When I ask whether the swastika should be banned in North America the way it is in Germany, some say yes, whereas others point to its innocent use in other cultures. The debate is similar to the dispute between Pointes-des-Cascades and Corey F...