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Bharat mataMother India UNCLE SAM
RAM! ALLAH! God is one… God’s forms and names are many! KRISHNA WAHEGURU! JESUS!
GODDESS SARASWATI Nothing is more sacred than Knowledge…. For the Ocean of Knowledge brings waves Of understanding And upon the waves, rides the solid shell of Respect Which holds within it…. A precious Pearl of Peace Without knowledge is ignorance which leads to conflict
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Krishna the Cowherd Ganesh Two Forms Of Goddess Durga
WEDDING VOWS IN THE PRESENCE OF ‘AGNI’ AS WITNESS
Hindu widows sometimes wear white and discard the bindi, make up and all jewellery Fire is used to cremate as it is a natural purifier
The Mother who nurtures Krishna, The Cowherd with ‘Gau mata’
Ganesh
DEEPAVALI OR DIVALI RAM LAKSHMI
Garba Dancers at Navratri Ravan’s Effigy at Dussera Goddess Durga at Durga Puja VIJAYDASHMI Triumph of Good over Evil
For the Hindu God exists in plants and animals and every thing around it It sleeps in a stone and awakens in a mouse…that is why we are connected with everything in our universe
Good vs Evil Hitler’s Wheels of destruction and hatred