An aerial view shows a flood-affected area in Chennai, India, Dec. 3, 2015. Eighteen patients died at a hospital in the southern Indian city of Chennai after rains caused a power outage, affecting ventilators, officials said Saturday. The death toll from torrential rains that triggered floods crossed 280 late Friday.
The word swastika comes from the Sanskrit svastika - su meaning good, asti meaning to be, and ka as a suffix. Until the Nazis used this symbol, the swastika was used by many cultures throughout the past 3,000 years to represent life, sun, power, strength, and good luck.
Another popular symbol for the Sun is the Sun cross or solar wheel. It is usually used to represent the four seasons. A derivation of the Sun cross, the swastika is a popular solar symbol for Buddhists, Jains, and Hindus.Several tribes of Russia have their own representation of the Sun.he symbol for the Sun is also called the solar symbol and almost all cultures have distinct representations of the Sun. Even the different fields of human interest like science, astrology, mythology, religion and art had different representations and personifications of the Sun.