Case against US website for defaming Puri deity

By Staff Reporter

Updates

• Bhubaneswar (Orissa): Case against US website for defaming Puri deity (18 Dec 07)
• Mumbai (Maharashtra): Hindu Gods, Goddesses and OM on undergarments! (11 Aprl 07)

Bhubaneswar (Orissa): Strongly protesting the use of Hindu deity’s image allegedly by an American website to market its products, the Orissa government on Monday said it would take up the matter with the US embassy.

"We will certainly protest this and also ask the Centre to initiate appropriate action in this matter," Orissa’s Law Minister B B Harichandan said.

The minister’s reaction came a day after a group in Puri filed an FIR against the e-shopping website, accusing it of hurting religious sentiments by using Lord Jagannath’s image in the advertisement of undergarments.

The "mischief" played by the website had severely hurt the sentiments of Hindus. The state would like to ensure that strong actions were taken against those indulging in practices that amount to incitement of religious tension, he said.

Sources said the police had already registered a case against the website.

"We are now examining what best can be done to prevent such incidents," said Puri district Superintendent of Police, Asit Panigrahi.

The website has a range of apparel products using different images of Hindu gods like Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra, Laxmi, Hanuman.

"The website had also tried to insult India as a nation by displaying Indian National Flag, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and other respected persons in underwear," said Rathindra Mishra, an advocate in Puri.

Source: rediff.com

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Hindu Gods, Goddesses and OM on undergarments!

April 11, 2007

Radha & Krishna Dog T-Shirt

Mumbai (Maharashtra): www.cafepress.com is selling undergarments with images of hindu deities and religious icons on it. For details click the link below

"http://www.cafepress.com/buy/shiva/-/fptD/c_31"

It won’t be wrong to say that the whole site is full of denigration of Hindu deities and religious icons. By painting all this on undergarments www.cafepress.com has hurt the religious sentiments of crores of Hindus.

One of the regular visitor of www.hindujagruti.org, Shri. Nripananda has brought this to our notice. Following are the contacts to protest against this denigration.

Just click button and send automated protest email now !

Tel. No.:
Toll Free 1-877-809-1659
Local/International : 1-402-517-4480

Address:
CafePress.com, Customer Service Dept.,
950 Tower Lane, Ste. 600,
Foster City, CA 94404

Email: 

1. Co-founder, Maheesh Jain, VP of Business Development:
   [email protected], [email protected] (510.575.0501)
2. Press & Analyst Contact/Public Relations: [email protected]
3. Public Relations/Media Contact: Marc Cowlin:  [email protected] (650.655.3039)
4. [email protected]  

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