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Mumbai : India | 11 months ago  
Have a look at the above picture of one of the terrorists. Notice the orange thread / band on his right hand. Tying a red thread or cord around the wrist is a Hindu practice and it is unlikely...
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    Kalava (Sanskrit: कलावा) is the sacred Hindu thread. It is worn while performing Hindu rituals like Yajna or Puja. It is tied by a priest on the wrists of all the people attending the prayer ceremony. Kalava is tied on right hand ...
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    Tying a red thread or cord around the wrist is a Hindu practice and it is unlikely a Muslim, especially one politicized enough to carry out an attack such as this, would observe it. I think this provides more evidence that this was a ...
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    It is customary for Hindus to tie a red thread - commonly called a mauli or kalava - on the wrist at the beginning of a religious ceremony. The thread is tied on the right wrist of men and the left wrist of women. ...
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    I looked at a close-up of the top photo; appears to be more than one thread and red-yellow. Here are a couple more online pics that show the Hindu kalava (red-yellow) and the rakhi (maybe he has several sisters, each having given him ...

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