{"id":4155,"date":"2015-03-30T00:46:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T22:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/?p=4155"},"modified":"2015-03-30T00:46:05","modified_gmt":"2015-03-29T22:46:05","slug":"back-home-after-100-days-in-the-land-of-the-innocent-swastika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/?p=4155","title":{"rendered":"Back home after 100 days in the land of the innocent swastika"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Part of the culture shock that I went through when I visited India for the first time, now almost 40 years ago, was to find a row of swastikas and Stars of David\u00a0 as decoration on a cornice of a house in Almora.<\/p>\n<p>The joyous use of the swastika over there has become intriguing to me.<br \/>\nHere the ones that I fotographed the last month. En passant:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150224_095947_resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4156\" src=\"https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150224_095947_resized.jpg\" alt=\"20150224_095947_resized\" width=\"1024\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150224_095947_resized.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150224_095947_resized-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150224_095935_resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4157\" src=\"https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150224_095935_resized.jpg\" alt=\"20150224_095935_resized\" width=\"1024\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150224_095935_resized.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150224_095935_resized-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150224_103957_resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4158\" src=\"https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150224_103957_resized.jpg\" alt=\"20150224_103957_resized\" width=\"1024\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150224_103957_resized.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150224_103957_resized-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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href=\"https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150316_131626_resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4165\" src=\"https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150316_131626_resized.jpg\" alt=\"20150316_131626_resized\" width=\"1024\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150316_131626_resized.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150316_131626_resized-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150319_153506_resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4166\" src=\"https:\/\/hansvandergugten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150319_153506_resized.jpg\" alt=\"20150319_153506_resized\" width=\"1024\" height=\"616\" 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