In many traditional Hindu writings, we find assumptions and assertions to the effect that there are many worlds that are inhabited by different beings, and even by souls of the departed from the terrestrial world. In some systems of Hindu thought, those beings guide people living here below. Therefore, the Hindu world is not likely to be greatly jolted by any discovery of extraterrestrials. If anything, some Hindus might claim that this merely confirms the views held by their ancestors.
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