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Goddess image on beer label angers Hindu activists | Goddess image on beer label angers Hindu activists |
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A Hindu organisation has criticised a Derbyshire brewery for using an image of a goddess on one of its beers. | A Hindu organisation has criticised a Derbyshire brewery for using an image of a goddess on one of its beers. |
Kalika, by Tollgate Brewery, used an image of the goddess of the same name on its label. | Kalika, by Tollgate Brewery, used an image of the goddess of the same name on its label. |
Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, said using a likeness of the "highly revered" figure "hurts" the religion's followers. | Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, said using a likeness of the "highly revered" figure "hurts" the religion's followers. |
Tollgate Brewery confirmed in a statement it no longer brews the beer and has "no plans to brew it further". | Tollgate Brewery confirmed in a statement it no longer brews the beer and has "no plans to brew it further". |
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The goddess Kalika, also known as Kali, personifies Sakti or divine energy and is considered the goddess of time and change. | The goddess Kalika, also known as Kali, personifies Sakti or divine energy and is considered the goddess of time and change. |
Mr Zed said Hinduism has "a rich philosophical thought and it should not be taken frivolously". | Mr Zed said Hinduism has "a rich philosophical thought and it should not be taken frivolously". |
"Symbols of any faith, larger or smaller, should not be mishandled," he added. | "Symbols of any faith, larger or smaller, should not be mishandled," he added. |
Last year Welsh brewery Tiny Rebel was forced to change its can design for Cwtch - which was selected as the Champion Beer of Britain at the Great British Beer Festival in 2015 - after it was deemed to be "too attractive" to children. | Last year Welsh brewery Tiny Rebel was forced to change its can design for Cwtch - which was selected as the Champion Beer of Britain at the Great British Beer Festival in 2015 - after it was deemed to be "too attractive" to children. |
Marble Brewery from Manchester was asked by Trading Standards to "reconsider" selling a beer called Pint in 500ml cans, while Top Totty, a blonde beer brewed by Staffordshire-based Slater's Ales, was removed from one of the pubs in Parliament after an MP complained over its "offensive" pump clip. | Marble Brewery from Manchester was asked by Trading Standards to "reconsider" selling a beer called Pint in 500ml cans, while Top Totty, a blonde beer brewed by Staffordshire-based Slater's Ales, was removed from one of the pubs in Parliament after an MP complained over its "offensive" pump clip. |
Scottish brewery BrewDog was criticised for brewing a "beer for girls" to mark International Women's Day in March, while Heineken was drawn into a political row in Argentina after referring to the Falkland Islands as British. | Scottish brewery BrewDog was criticised for brewing a "beer for girls" to mark International Women's Day in March, while Heineken was drawn into a political row in Argentina after referring to the Falkland Islands as British. |
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