The figure on the seal is seated in what Dr Lavanya Vemsani — a specialist in Hindu traditions — has identified as Mulabandhasana, a demanding yogic posture achievable only by accomplished practitioners.
HAF described the advertisement as “racist, un-American, anti-Indian profiling/trolling” by a federal agency and said it should “shock our nation’s collective conscience”.
Patel’s death has left his family, friends and colleagues facing the loss of a man whose final journey home was meant to be an ordinary part of his day.
