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.
1 The swastika... has nothing to do with the swastika used as the symbol in Nazi Germany. 2  That symbol is from Nordic runes and was used in Nordic tribes' pagan culture. 3  Later it was also used by the Teutonic Knights formed in the 12th century. The swastika... has nothing to do with the swastika used as the symbol in Nazi Germany. 2  That symbol is from Nordic runes and was used in Nordic tribes' pagan culture. 3  Later it was also used by the Teutonic Knights formed in the 12th century.