Following the museum, we visited a Jain Temple. Jains do not believe in harming any other creatures, big or small, so naturally, they are vegetarians. But they take this belief to a whole new level by sweeping the floor before they sit so they reduce the chance of accidentally sitting on an insect. They make their holiest symbol of purity, the swastika, over and over again with rice as they pray. Yes, the symbol was unfortunately adopted and literally inverted by the Nazis back in the day, but they are the complete opposite. They believe in the equality and peacefulness of humanity. I even talked to a few of them before and after their worship and they were very open and inviting.
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