It shows God's promise to Noah and his family to never cover the world in water again.Ī Christian movement known as Cursillo, founded in 1944, uses these traditional rainbow symbols, including flags. The rainbow is also a symbol in the Christian and Jewish Bible. Baba explained the symbolism, saying, 'The colors in the flag signify man's rise from the grossest of impressions of lust and anger – symbolized by red – to the culmination in the highest state of spirituality and oneness with God – symbolized by sky blue.' Cursillo (1944) It is flown each year near his tomb near Ahmednagar, India during the anniversary of his death on January 31, 1969.
In 1924 the Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba designed a rainbow flag.
