Portrayal Of Hindu Deity In Shin Megami Tensei Irks Hindu Leader, Wants It Removed

US-based Hindu politician and president of the Common Society of Hinduism, Rajan Zed, has urged Sega Sammy Group to take away all Shin Megami Tensei antagonist characters, which, he claims, “was a sacrilege” for the fallacious depiction of Hindu deities.

“A supposedly accountable firm like Sega Sammy Group, which claimed to be ‘residing as much as society’s moral and public expectations’, shouldn’t be within the enterprise of trivializing the deeply held beliefs of ‘others’ and ridiculing total communities,” stated Zed in his weblog submit.

Zed claimed to characterize the ideas of all Hindus across the globe as he urged Sega Sammy Group CEO Haruki Satomi and Board Chairman Hajime Satomi to supply public apology. He additionally instructed that they evaluate their programs and procedures and prepare their employees for spiritual and cultural sensitivities.

Zed added that reimagining Hindu scriptures, symbols, ideas and deities for business or different agenda was not okay because it created confusion.

“Hindu deities had been meant to be worshiped in temples and residential shrines and to not be degraded as demons in a online game for utilization in fight within the digital battleground.,” he wrote.

“Hindus welcomed leisure business to immerse in Hinduism however taking it significantly and respectfully and never for refashioning Hinduism scriptures, symbols, ideas, icons and deities for mercantile greed. He or different Hindu students would gladly present real leisure business seekers the sources they wanted for his or her research and analysis concerning Hinduism,” Rajan Zed emphasised.

This isn’t the primary time that Rajan Zed has made such appeals. Up to now, Zed protested towards “Genie Krishna” in Shin Megami Tensei IV FINAL which got here out in February 2016.

As well as, he urged Netflix to cease the premiere of Document Of Ragnarok earlier in June 2021, ensuing it to be banned from Netflix India.

Supply: Oricon, Rajan Zed Weblog