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Subject: [Leica] Young Male Tiger Bandhavgarh - swastika
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:53:34 -0500
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Thanks, Howard.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H&ECummer" <cummer at netvigator.com>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:42 PM
Subject: [Leica] Young Male Tiger Bandhavgarh - swastika


> Hi Jim,
> Many thanks for the comment.
> The swastika in Asia symbolizes good luck and good fortune for both  
> Hindus and Buddhists - so that is likely why it is on the jeep.
> This meaning predates Nazi use by a few thousand years.
> Cheers
> Howard
> 
>> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:50:46 -0500
>> From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Young Male Tiger Bandhavgarh
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>>
>> Hi Howard,
>>
>> I like the last shot of the YMT, when viewed large.  Did you notice  
>> the
>> swastika on the windshield of the jeep in the last photo?  What is its
>> significance?
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> 
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