Palm reading is often treated as a party trick. But in India it has a long, serious history. Known as Samudrika Shastra, it's the traditional study of the body's features, and the hand sits at its centre.
Where it comes from
Samudrika Shastra is the Indian tradition of body analysis. The name is often linked to the sage Samudra, and texts on the subject go back many centuries. It looks at...
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