Hindus find Boy George's 'Amazing Grace' disrespectful
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By Ani
Nevada
(US),
Feb
2
(ANI):
Hindus
have
termed
Boy
George's
'Amazing
Grace'
music
video
as
'disrespectful'
to
the
highly
revered
deities
of
Hinduism.
Notable
Hindu
statesman
Rajan
Zed,
in
a
statement
in
Nevada
(USA)
today,
said
that
unnecessary
and
inappropriate
dragging
and
trivialization
of
Hindu
deities
to
advance
the
commercial
or
other
agenda
could
be
hurtful
to
the
devotees
who
worship
them
in
temples
and
home
shrines.
Zed,
who
is
President
of
Universal
Society
of
Hinduism,
indicated
that
Boy
George
should
come
out
with
public
explanation
of
what
he
wanted
to
convey
using
the
images
of
Lord
Krishna
and
Lord
Ganesha,
who
appeared
irrelevant
in
the
music-video.
Rajan
Zed
further
said
that
such
absurd
depiction
of
Hindu
deities
with
no
scriptural
backing
could
be
disturbing
to
the
believers.
Lord
Krishna
and
Lord
Ganesha
were
not
meant
to
be
thrown
around
loosely
in
reimagined
versions
for
dramatic
effects
in
music-videos
for
mercantile
greed.
George
even
made
Lord
Krishna
dance
to
his
tunes.
Hindus
welcomed
world's
entertainment
industries
to
immerse
in
Hinduism
but
taking
it
seriously
and
respectfully
and
not
just
for
indecorous
showing
of
Hindu
symbols
and
concepts
to
advance
their
selfish
agenda.
Casual
flirting
sometimes
resulted
in
pillaging
serious
spiritual
doctrines
and
revered
symbols
and
hurting
the
devotees,
Zed
pointed
out.
Rajan
Zed
argued
that
Hinduism
was
the
oldest
and
third
largest
religion
of
the
world
with
about
one
billion
adherents
and
a
rich
philosophical
thought
and
it
should
not
be
taken
lightly.
No
faith,
larger
or
smaller,
should
be
ridiculed
at;
Zed
said
and
added
that
if
entertainment
executives
needed
any
assistance
about
Hinduism,
he
or
other
Hindu
scholars
would
be
glad
to
help.
Pop-culture
icon
Boy
George
(born
George
Alan
O'Dowd),
49,
is
a
British
singer-songwriter-actor,
whose
music
is
often
termed
as
blue-eyed
soul.
In
Hinduism,
Lord
Ganesha
is
worshipped
as
god
of
wisdom
and
remover
of
obstacles
and
is
invoked
before
the
beginning
of
any
major
undertaking.
Lord
Krishna
is
the
eighth
avatar
(incarnation)
of
Lord
Vishnu
and
subject
of
major
Hindu
scriptures
such
as
the
Bhagavad-Gita
(Song
of
the
Lord)
and
Bhagavad-Purana.
Moksha
(liberation)
is
the
ultimate
goal
of
Hinduism.
(ANI)