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A Typical Indian Idol

Image-worship and the use of idols have been characteristic of the religions of India from early times. Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains alike resort to these plastic representations of their divinities and sacred per- sonages, even if their use during the ancient Vedic period cannot be proved.

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