Some Hindu symbols have become particularly valuable to brands. For instance, Brahma Beer in Brazil is by some estimates the ninth top-selling beer in the world.

The Hindu swastika faces to the right, unlike the one adopted by the Nazis, which faces to the left. The sign adopted by Hitler is also inclined at 45 degrees and does not have red color.

“This symbol is not intrusive to anybody else.” A devout Hindu who was born in India, Tripathi decorated his home, which he purchased in 2009, with other religious symbols.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri brewery has apologized and removed artwork depicting a Hindu deity from one of its beers.

Buddhist or Hindu religious symbols appear on five national flags; in three of those cases, the symbols apply to both religions. The Cambodian flag depicts Angkor Wat, a temple historically associated ...