Hindu community leaders in Europe are up in arms against the display of goddess Durga's poster promoting a whisky brand and use of Lord Ram's image on a tissue paper.
It is time Hindus around the world and the Indian government stood up and be counted, Bimal Krishna Das, general secretary of the National Council of Hindu Temples, representing 90 per cent of the United Kingdom's 140 Hindu temples, said.
He said a disco bar in Greece has invited the wrath of Hindus for displaying a poster of goddess Durga promoting a whisky brand.
"Large posters at the Balon Oriental Disco Bar in Athens depict the goddess carrying bottles of Southern Comfort whisky. The Indian community in Athens has been trying for the last three months to have the posters removed but in vain," said Paramjit Singh, originally from Jalandhar, now settled in Greece.
Letters have been sent to the American manufacturer of the whisky to withdraw the poster, he said. Also, despite protests, tissues bearing Lord Ram's image still remain in circulation for over a year because their German manufacturer refused to cease production, Das said.
