FYI, it’s not just a Buddhist symbol, but a general Asian symbol. My wife’s family is Hindu—she she most of her family were born in India. My family is Jewish, we’d moved from Poland to the Americas as a result of growing antisemitism/the Holocaust.

For our wedding weekend, we printed programs that included information about each other’s cultures to help our families mitigate any culture shock. Part of it was asking her family to refrain from using swastic symbols due to the negative connotation my family had associated because of Nazi appropriation. It also had notes informing my family of the history of the swastika and asking them to not be offended if they come across one. That anyone using swastic imagery is doing so out of love and is wishing peace upon us.

I realized this was a potential problem at an engagement party we’d had during Ganesh Chaturthi when the pundit drew swastikas on the Ganesha murti during their pooja. The only thing more shocking for me than seeing a house with 30+ people embrace a swastika was seeing a house with 30+ people casually embrace a swastika. (As pointed out, swastic symbols, since the direction and angle was different)