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Hindus Find Boy George's 'Amazing Grace' Disrespectful

Hindus have termed Boy George's "Amazing Grace" music-video as "disrespectful" to the highly revered deities of Hinduism.

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that the trivialization of Hindu deities to advance commercial greed could be hurt devotees who worship them in temples and home shrines.

Zed is the President of Universal Society of Hinduism. He 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.

Rajan Zed further said that such absurd depiction of Hindu deities with no scriptural basis disturbed the believers. Lord Krishna and Lord Ganesha are not meant to be thrown around in a reimagined versions for dramatic effects in music-videos. George even made Lord Krishna dance to his tunes.

Hindus welcomed world's entertainment industries to immerse in Hinduism but they should take it seriously and with respect.

Pop-culture icon Boy George, 49, is a British singer-songwriter, whose music is often termed as blue-eyed soul.

In Hinduism, Lord Ganesha is worshipped as god of wisdom and remover of obstacles. 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.

Hinduism is the oldest and third largest religion of the world with about one billion adherents. It is rich with philosophical thoughts.No faith, larger or smaller, should be ridiculed.