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The swastika is an ancient mystical symbol for 'permanent spiritual victory':

Positive Swastikas set

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Reclaim the Swastika website

 

This one was on sale in the 'Energy Home' raw vegan restaurant in Pondicherry. Yes... raw food... and vegan! Even the idli [rice and mung dumplings] and dosa [rice and mung pancakes], the traditional south Indian foods, were raw. And amazingly, they tasted really great - both succulent and spicy.

 

Wholesome green salads, let alone pure raw food, and what to speak of vegan food, are absolute rarities in India. Food is generally fried and double-fried - and drizzled with ghee for good measure. But this place was doing a roaring trade.

 

In Energy Home, you can get white lotus and hibiscus coconut milkshakes and strange ayurvedic herbal jams and sweets. If you're going to Pondy, check them out: Chetty Street, off Mission Street...

 

Pondicherry, south India.

Journey to the East set

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