DELHI, INDIA, March 20, 2007: The blog at the above URL has pointed out what is a form of the Christian cross on the reverse of India’s recently redesigned two-rupee coin. Click to the URL to see a photo of the coin. This type of cross is called “cross voided.” It is defined in Wikipedia, here, as a ” ‘Cross voided throughout,’ also known as the Gammadia, can be seen as a Greek cross (one with arms of equal length) with its centre lines removed, or as composed of four angles (L shapes) separated by a thin space. So the name ‘gammadia’ refers to its being made up of four shapes similar to a capital Greek letter gamma; the word ‘gammadion’ can also refer to a swastika. Used in heraldry on coats of arms and badges.”
On this website, here, of the Lutheran Church, is a further definition, “Cross Voided: A cross voided throughout, also known as the gammadia, can be seen as a Greek cross with its centre lines removed, or as composed of four angles (L shapes) separated by a thin space. The name gammadia refers to its being made up of four shapes similar to a capital Greek letter gamma. This is the third letter of the Greek alphabet, which can symbolize the Holy Trinity. The four angles represent the four Gospels being spread to the four corners of the earth, and the voided lines show us that Christ left the cross to proclaim His victory over sin, death, and the devil.”
The cross on the coin also contains four dots arranged one within each “L,” a design feature not found in our research.