Washoe County Board, Hindu Mantras, County Commissioners

Incendiary Brewing Company must withdraw Goddess Kali beer

New Delhi, August 27, 2023: Upset Hindus are urging Winston-Salem (North Carolina) headquartered Incendiary Brewing Company to apologize and withdraw beer named after Hindu deity Kali and carrying her reimagined image, calling it highly inappropriate. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that inappropriate usage of sacred Hindu deities or […]

Bang the Elephant apologizes after Hindu protest over Goddess Kali image on beer

New Delhi, August 15, 2021: Langley Mill (Nottingham, England) based Bang the Elephant (BTE) Brewing Co. has apologized after Hindu protest over using Hindu goddess Kali’s image on its East India Porter beer can; calling it “highly inappropriate”.  BTE Brewing Co., in emails to distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, who spearheaded the protest, wrote: …we would […]

Northwest Territories, Hindu prayer, Mantra, Canada, Hindus

Hindus urge Bang the Elephant Brewing Co to remove goddess Kali image from beer

New Delhi, August 10, 2021: Upset Hindus are urging Langley Mill (Nottingham) based Bang the Elephant Brewing Co. to apologize and not use Hindu goddess Kali’s image on its East India Porter beer can, calling it “highly inappropriate”. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that inappropriate usage of sacred Hindu […]

Diwali, holiday, USA

New York breweries apologize and discontinue Lord Shiva beer within hours of Hindu protest

New Delhi, August 25, 2020: Buffalo (New York) based breweries— Pressure Drop Brewing and Big Ditch Brewing Company—apologized and discontinued their collaboration beer “Aqua Shiva” named after Hindu deity; within few hours of Hindu protest. Hindus had called it “highly inappropriate”. Matt Kahn, President & Co-Founder of Big Ditch Brewing Company, in a “joint response” email […]