New Delhi: Popular online food delivery app Zomato’s latest advertisement featuring Hrithik Roshan lands in trouble over hurting the Hindu sentiments and mocking the renowned Mahakal temple.
In Zomato’s recent ad, Roshan can be heard saying, “Thaali khane ka mann tha, Mahakaal se manga liya (wanted to have a food platter, so I ordered it from Mahakaal)”.
The sacred Mahakaleshwar temple, also known as Mahakal temple is dedicated to lord Shiva and happens to be among the 12 Jyotirlinga in the country that attracts devotees from across the world.
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#रितिक_रोशन_माफी_मांग#Boycott_Zomato #Zomato_Insults_Mahakal
Definitely they got handsome money ?? to insult hindus faith and they react like innocent , we need to go beyond demanding Apology
What i believe not to far away ????? pic.twitter.com/gqqUW4CIwu— Himanshu Tripathi (@Himansh81934200) August 21, 2022
Social media users have been pouring outrage on the app since Saturday and even calling out for a boycott of its services with Netizens sharing screenshots of themselves deleting and uninstalling Zomato from their smartphones.
After the massive ire on social media and complaints from the priests of Mahakal temple, the online delivery firm apologised and issued a clarification.
In its statement, Zomato said that the ad referenced ‘thalis’ at ‘Mahakal Restaurant’, and not the revered Shree Mahakaleshwar Temple.
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— zomato care (@zomatocare) August 21, 2022
However, the row over the controversial ad has not come down yet and drew sharp criticism from the internet users.
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I uninstalled @zomato.
Reason – For hurting religious sentiments of Hindus.#Boycott_Zomato #रितिक_रोशन_माफी_मांग pic.twitter.com/mco0qEGrOg— Parody Escobar (@ParodyEscobar) August 21, 2022
In the advertisement of Zomato, Hrithik Roshan disrespected Lord Mahakal, the priest said – if there was another society, the company would have burnt#Zomato_Insults_Mahakal #Boycott_Zomato #रितिक_रोशन_माफी_मांग pic.twitter.com/ZzjXG2NXyZ
— हेमराज शर्मा (@HemrajSharmaBJP) August 21, 2022
Zomato and Hritik Roshan testing the patience of Hindus !
Just because Hindus don’t issue #SarTanSeJuda call does not mean one can hurt the feeling of Hindus time and again !
Hindus demand apology from Zomato !#Zomato_Insults_Mahakal #Boycott_Zomatopic.twitter.com/iYFZiQzSS4
— Guruprasad Gowda (@Gp_hjs) August 21, 2022
In a recent ad of Zomato..they have shown the actor is getting food from mahakaleshwar temple..where mahakaleshwar jyotrilinga is known to be one of the divine temple in madhya pradesh.stop promoting such kind of ads and respect the dharma#Boycott_Zomato#Zomato_Insults_Mahakal pic.twitter.com/824nvqvVvn
— Vinayak Mithare (@VinayakMithare) August 21, 2022
