1. This slide presentation has been created by Mona Vijaykar for India in Classrooms. The contents of this presentation may be shared strictly for the purpose of non-commercial, educational use. Illustrations have been borrowed from the internet and may be subject to copyright. Culture Module www.indiainclassrooms.org © Mona Vijaykar 2003

3. Bharat mataMother India UNCLE SAM www.indiainclassrooms.org

4. RAM! ALLAH! God is one… God’s forms and names are many! KRISHNA WAHEGURU! JESUS! www.indiainclassrooms.org

6. 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

7. Mom as…………. www.indiainclassrooms.org Mona Vijaykar

8. Mom as…… www.indiainclassrooms.org

10. Krishna the Cowherd Ganesh Two Forms Of Goddess Durga

13. WEDDING VOWS IN THE PRESENCE OF ‘AGNI’ AS WITNESS

14. 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

15. The Mother who nurtures Krishna, The Cowherd with ‘Gau mata’

16. Ganesh

18. DEEPAVALI OR DIVALI RAM LAKSHMI

19. Garba Dancers at Navratri Ravan’s Effigy at Dussera Goddess Durga at Durga Puja VIJAYDASHMI Triumph of Good over Evil

20. 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

21. Good vs Evil Hitler’s Wheels of destruction and hatred