{"id":1636,"date":"2020-03-20T16:38:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T11:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-global-press.pantheonsite.io\/?p=1636"},"modified":"2020-03-20T16:38:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T11:08:08","slug":"shop-in-penang-slammed-over-selling-floor-mats-with-deitys-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=1636","title":{"rendered":"Shop in Penang slammed over selling floor mats with deity\u2019s image"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-very-light-gray-background-color\"> HINDU NGOs in Penang have slammed a shop found to be selling floor mats with the likeness of a Hindu deity,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/news\/nation\/2020\/03\/19\/shop-slammed-over-floor-mats-with-deitys-image\">The Star<\/a> has reported. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Penang Hindu Association (PHA) president P. Murugiah said the floor mats with the likeness of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/news\/nation\/2020\/03\/19\/shop-slammed-over-floor-mats-with-deitys-image\">Lord Vinayagar<\/a> were found for sale in a popular do-it-yourself shop operating in a major shopping mall on the island.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>There have been repeated controversies and condemnations after shops were found to be selling footwear or underwear featuring Hindu deities.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The PHA and the Penang Hindu Dharma Mamandram want an immediate ban on the sale of such items as they can offend Hindu spirituality. <\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-very-light-gray-background-color\">Image Source: YouTube<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HINDU NGOs in Penang have slammed a shop found to be selling floor mats with the likeness of a Hindu deity,\u00a0The Star has reported. Penang Hindu Association (PHA) president P. Murugiah said the floor mats with the likeness of Lord Vinayagar were found for sale in a popular do-it-yourself shop operating in a major shopping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":1639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[379,380,381,382,383],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}