An image of a Hindu Goddess on Bien Manger beer bottles has drawn criticism from the Hindu community calling the label insensitive and disrespectful.
“It’s highly insensitive, disrespectful & hurtful to Hindus.
The group has also demanded recalling the products labelled with the image of the Hindu Goddess.
The tweet has caused an uproar with a number of users condemning the company.
Bien Manger uses sacred image of Hindu Goddess on their beer bottle.@BienManger it’s highly insensitive, disrespectful & hurtful to #Hindus. The Goddess Hindus worship is being used on your beer bottles. We demand you recall all such products & stop further manufacturing of it. pic.twitter.com/NiSvQ47Hh1
— INSIGHT UK (@INSIGHTUK2) January 10, 2023
In 2018, a Hindu organisation criticised a Derbyshire brewery for using an image of Goddess Kali in one of its beer bottles. The brewery eventually stopped producing the beer.
