It is also commonly used in Hindu marriage ceremonies and Diwali celebrations. However, the swastika remains a symbol of good luck and prosperity in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain countries such as Nepal, India, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, China and Japan. As a consequence, its use in some countries, including Germany, is prohibited by law. As a result of World War II and the Holocaust, in the West it continues to be strongly associated with Nazism and antisemitism and is now a symbol of white supremacy or, simply, of evil. In the Western world, it was a symbol of auspiciousness and good luck until the 1930s when the German Nazi Party adopted a right-facing ('clockwise') form and used it as an emblem of the Aryan race. It generally takes the form of a cross, the arms of which are of equal length and perpendicular to the adjacent arms, each bent midway at a right angle. It is used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indic religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. The swastika symbol, 卐 or 卍, today primarily recognized in the West for its use by the Nazi party, is an ancient religious icon in various Eurasian cultures. The adoption of the swastika by the Nazis and neo-Nazis is the most recognisable modern use of the symbol in the Western world.
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