{"id":636042,"date":"2022-12-22T23:50:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T03:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/?p=636042"},"modified":"2022-12-23T00:06:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T04:06:24","slug":"upset-hindus-urge-ventura-firm-withdraw-lord-ganesha-yoga-towel-apologize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/636042\/","title":{"rendered":"Upset Hindus urge Ventura firm withdraw Lord Ganesha yoga towel &#038; apologize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-636043 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Zen-Fuego-Yoga-Towel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"555\" \/>Upset Hindus are urging Ventura (California) based clothing company \u201cZen Fuego\u201d for immediate withdrawal of yoga towel carrying image of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha, calling it \u201chighly inappropriate\u201d.<\/p>\n<div>Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that Lord Ganesha was greatly revered in Hinduism and was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not to\u00a0lie\/sit\/stand\/tread\/walk\u00a0on or put abdomen, ankles, body, buttocks, calves, feet, genitals, groin, heels, hips, knees, legs, thighs, toes, umbilicus, etc. on or for absorbing\/handling\/wiping one\u2019s sweat. Inappropriate usage of sacred Hindu deities or concepts or symbols or icons for commercial or other agenda was not okay as it hurt the devotees.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, also urged \u201cZen Fuego\u201d to offer a formal apology,\u00a0besides withdrawing the objectionable Lord Ganesha yoga towel.<\/p>\n<p>Clothing companies should not be in the business of religious appropriation, sacrilege, and ridiculing entire communities. It was deeply trivializing of the immensely venerated Hindu deity Lord Ganesha to be displayed on a yoga towel, Rajan Zed emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>Hinduism was the oldest and third largest religion of the world with about 1.2 billion adherents and a rich philosophical thought and it should not be taken frivolously. Symbols of any faith, larger or smaller, should not be mishandled; Zed noted.<\/p>\n<p>Rajan Zed further said that Hindus were for free artistic expression and speech as much as anybody else if not more. But faith was something sacred and attempts at trivializing it were painful for the followers, Zed added.<\/p>\n<p>In Hinduism, Lord Ganesha is worshipped as god of wisdom and remover of obstacles and is invoked before the beginning of any major undertaking.<\/p>\n<p>This objectionable Lord Ganesha \u201cMicrofiber Yoga Towel with silicone dots\u201d claims to give you \u201cimproved grip for sweaty yoga or a soft place for your Yin practice\u201d and contain \u201csuper absorbent microfiber\u201d. Priced at $45, its description states: allow Ganesha to help you remove obstacles from your path.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Zen Fuego&#8221;, which claims &#8220;enlightenment through awesomeness&#8221;, sells yoga towels, women&#8217;s tops, men&#8217;s tees online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upset Hindus are urging Ventura (California) based clothing company \u201cZen Fuego\u201d for immediate withdrawal of yoga towel carrying image of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha, calling it \u201chighly inappropriate\u201d. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that Lord Ganesha was greatly revered in Hinduism and was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not to\u00a0lie\/sit\/stand\/tread\/walk\u00a0on or put abdomen, ankles, body, buttocks, calves, feet, genitals, groin, heels, hips, knees, legs, thighs, toes, umbilicus, etc. on or for absorbing\/handling\/wiping one\u2019s sweat. 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