From East to West

<p>The Romany-Gypsy people came from Central/East India more than 1500 years ago and traveled to the Mediterranean, Europe, and the Americas.</p> <p>From their origins in Odisha, an area of central and east India, they held Hindu beliefs, specifically Shaktism, a denomination of Hinduism. In Shaktism, a mother goddess created everything and is the essence of our existence.</p> <p>This mother figure is Shakti the primordial mother, and her other names that depict her roles as a Goddess: Parvati, Goddess of Love, marriage, fertility, and war (as Durga and Kali), Saraswati the Goddess of Wisdom, and Lakshmi Goddess of Wealth and Good Luck.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/crow-and-caravan/from-east-to-west-232be96adc96"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>