Zomato Ad: Temple priests say new ad “Mahakal se thali manga liya” featuring Hritik Roshan offensive

Zomato Ad: Recently, Online Food delivery giant ‘Zomato’ has released an ad “Mahakal se thali manga liya” featuring Hritik Roshan which has become offensive for many.

As soon as the ad was broadcasted two priests from the prominent Mahakal temple of Ujjain asked to remove the ad. The priests say the Zomota ad featuring a Bollywood star offends Hindi sentiments.

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About the Zomato Advertisement

In the Zomato ad, Bollywood star Hritik Roshan is seen saying as he feels having a ‘thali’ in Ujjain (one of the prominent holy places of India), so he ordered from ‘Mahakal’. The Mahakaleshwar Temple famously known as the Mahakal temple of Lord Shiva in Ujjain is one of the twelve jyotirlingas of Shiva, devotees come here from all over the country.

Ashish and Mahesh, two of the priests of Mahakal temple said the advertisement should be removed instantly and they have also asked for an apology from Zomato and Hritik Roshan for the same.

Mahakal Temple priests claim

The reason why priests find it offensive is that Devotees are served ‘prasad’ in a thali and the ad hurts the sentiments of Hindus, claims Priests. The priests even approached the district collector of Ujjain Ashish Singh.

Ashish Singh is also the chairman of Mahakal temple trust, the priest urged the district collector for immediate action against the actor and company so that from now on nobody else could dare to mock the Hindu religion again, priests said.

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Netizens reaction

The Zomato advertisement even came up on social media, and soon after the netizens didn’t like the idea of the ad too and they started trolling Hritik Roshan and the company for hurting the Hindu sentiments.
Here are some of the reactions to Zomato’s new advertisement on social media.

Hindu saints of the Mahakaleshwar temple have condemned the ad by @Zomato featuring Bollywood superstar Hritik Roshan with tagline saying 'Thaali khane ka man tha, Mahakaal se mangaa liya'

Hindus unite and demand apology from Zomato !#Zomato_Insults_Mahakal #Boycott_Zomato pic.twitter.com/JPVWBqtaKY

— Sanatan Prabhat (Kannada) (@Sanatan_Prabhat) August 21, 2022

#Zomato_Insults_Mahakal #Boycott_Zomato
On Saturday, a controversy erupted around a new ad by the online food delivery company Zomato,ad featuring superstar Hritik Roshan allegedly showed the actor in Ujjain, MP asking for food delivery from the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga temple pic.twitter.com/cJEQmmZIdK

— Vaishali (@sadhnasandesh) August 21, 2022

Zomato and Hritik Roshan testing the patience of Hindus !

Just because Hindus don't issue #SarTanSeJuda call does not mean one can hurt the feeling of Hindus time and again !

Hindus demand apology from Zomato !#Zomato_Insults_Mahakal #Boycott_Zomatopic.twitter.com/iYFZiQzSS4

— Guruprasad Gowda (@Gp_hjs) August 21, 2022

Zomato has used the temple to promote its service blatantly. “The Zomato company should have thought before doing something like this.

So wake up Hindus & #Boycott_Zomato#Zomato_Insults_Mahakal pic.twitter.com/RPpedmI5Ep

— Vinaya Bhat (@VinayaBhat15) August 21, 2022

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