Amritsar, July 15: Hindus were perturbed at the portrayal of goddess Kali giving the appearance of a porn-star in an upcoming online action video game SMITE which is being developed by Georgia (USA) headquartered Hi-Rez Studios, informed President of Universal Society of Hinduism, Rajan Zed from Nevada, USA, on Sunday.
Zed said portrayal of goddess Kali was quite disturbing for the devotees who worshipped her in temples or home shrines on a regular basis.
"It was denigration and belittling of the entire community" he said. Zed said he had asked the online video game developer Hi-Rez Studios to immediately remove the Kali and other Hindu gods (Vamana and Agni) from the game as it trivialized the highly revered and sacred deities of Hinduism.
Zed, however informed that representatives of various religions including Catholics, Jews and Buddhists had come out in the support of Hindus who were upset at this inappropriate usage of Kali and other Hindu deities.
"Roman Catholic leader in Nevada Father Charles T Durante, prominent Jewish leader in Western USA Rabbi ElizaBeth W Beyer and distinguished Buddhist leader from Nevada Reverend Jikai' Phil Bryan have issued separate statements backing the cause of protesting Hindus" he informed.
He said in the game, the player would control and manipulate goddess Kali and other Hindu deities, which was highly inappropriate as in reality the devotees put the destinies of themselves in the hands of their deities.
"Reimagining Hindu scriptures and deities for commercial or other agenda is not okay as it hurt the devotees" he said.
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