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Hindus Outraged After Ganesha Used In Lamb Advert

The community reacted to the Meat and Livestock Australia ad that has caused a lot of controversy

Janaki Rathod wrote: Yes it is offensive and unecessary. Most of the Indians are vegetarian and eating meat is any way not a good idea for many spiritual people. The important fact is you are killing an animal, so how can it be good? Shame on these ad makers and people who even considered it funny.

Ruchika Bhasin wrote: I do like the fact that all religions are sitting together and having a meal. What I don’t like is the fact that they completely ignored the sentiment of both Hindus and Muslims. At the end, they speci cally mention lamb that everyone can enjoy, which con rms that they are ignorant / purposely want to ignore religious beliefs of people. Just shows how the socalled creative minds of ignorant people work.

Mayank Ashri wrote: Dear @MeatAndLiveStockAustralia

The recently released ad depicting Hindu God eating meat is highly inappropriate and almost offensive towards people’s sentiments

Payal Gupta wrote: We should not make it an issue to outrage the religious sentiments of people. But yes, it needs to be resented. Any personal attack on any community or culture, above all any religion is objectionable. We have various other ways of publicity. Why adopt a way which can hurt and agitate the concerned masses?

Rajni Luthra wrote: I thought the ad was quite clever: it showed that we must all come together irrespective of our religious differences. Many vegetarians sit at tables where meat is being served without raising a ruckus. I wonder if Ganesh himself would have minded – whether he partook or not. Might be important to remind ourselves of what Ganesh’s pot belly really represents: it is a symbol of the brahmanda, the entire universe and its illusory quality to encompass everything good or bad.

Smriti Yadav-Vig wrote: The current world we live in is too sensitive, be it Hindus or other community groups. I’m a Hindu and no I’m not ‘offended’.

Roopak Kumar wrote: This is absolutely disgusting. It’s ok to have bit of fun but it’s not acceptable to play with people faith and on top misleading facts.

Chandra Kishore wrote: It is insulting. There is a petition going on… we should sign it.

Pranav Aggarwal wrote: Totally condemn and would sign the petition.

Jyoti Kapoor wrote: Shameful! No one is standing properly

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