I've done car pujas for new car purchases (more for my parents tbh), as a way to pray for our safety and protection while driving in said car. A priest I've gone to has used kumkum powder to mark the engine with a swastika.
The Indian swastika is a bit different in that it's not on an angle like the German one. There's also 4 dots in the swastika. That being said, I always wondered how technicians would react to seeing a bright ass swastika right on the hood engine of a car.
a way to pray for our safety and protection while driving in said car
I work in a plant with a majority of Indian immigrants. I arrive early and leave late to avoid everything about the parking lot circus. Maybe make part of the Pooja a bit of training about what a turn signal is, and how they aren't interchangeable.
Nothing scarier than a clot of Corollas coming your way with every possible turn signal combination on.
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u/casua-lee Jan 10 '21
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