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This the statue of Omkar, a Hindu
God, the monument located at Grand Bassin, Mauritius was
unveiled by the Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam on 27 February
2000 to commemorate the seventy fifth anniversary of the Hindu
Maha Sabna which was founded on 27 February 1925. God Omkar is
said to be the eternal god, eternal word and sound. God Omkar is
known in the Hindu beliefs to be the pure and holy form of
Maheshwar Shivji and is also the symbol of the Maheshwar Sada
Shaktiman Shiv. Om is a familiar a syllable to Hindus; it occurs
in almost all of the Hindu prayers, the invocation to each Hindu
begins with the syllable “OM” as Om Shanti, Hari Om or Om Namaha
Shivaya. Actually “OM” is pronounced as “AUM”. Om exists also in
Christianity and in Islam as Amen and Amin. The religious
significance of the syllable OM doesn’t only belong to the
Indian culture. It has existed in ancient and modern
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