Boycott Amazon trends after 'Om' doormats, 'Lord Ganesh' briefs appear on e-commerce site

E-commerce giant Amazon on Monday received flak for selling briefs and shorts with Lord Ganesha's image on them. Additionally, doormats with the image of 'Om' being sold on Amazon's website also raised a furore.

The doormats with the 'Om' symbol featured on some foreign websites of Amazon. Such products did not appear on its Indian website, Amazon.in.

Amazon listed a product "Yoga Lotus doormat" - a green-coloured doormat with a symbol of 'Om' in white - priced at 15.78 euros, or almost Rs 1,400.

This is not the first time Amazon has faced outrage for selling doormats with religious symbols on them. In the past, the US-based e-tailer faced similar backlash for showing golden temple, India's flag, and Lord Ganesha's photo's on doormats and toilet seats.

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Netizens circulated the 'Om' doormat and Lord Ganesha printed briefs/shorts on social media and urged people to boycott Amazon.

We too have religious sentiments. Don't violate Section 295A.

The section says that any person deliberatly and maliciously intended to outrage reli­gious feelings can be punished for the term prescribed or extended upto 3 years.#BoycottAmazon

— Gaurav Goel (@goelgauravbjp) November 10, 2020

Does @amazonIN out of balance?

India is d biggest market,Yet why do you hurt religious sentiments, that only f
Hindus who are majority?

Images f deities on underwear?

This is not a mistake.
This is way of getting attention by generating controversy#BoycottAmazon@_dharam_virpic.twitter.com/JNZku2uP3q

— Sunil Ghanwat (@SG_HJS) November 10, 2020

I am boycotting @amazonIN
Are you ?? #BoycottAmazonpic.twitter.com/wDrrAJw3yM

— Barkha Trehan / बरखा त्रेहन (@barkhatrehan16) November 10, 2020

#BoycottAmazon
Amazon not learning from past mistakes. They mocking hindu Gods.
Is this systematic confiracy against Hindu Gods??!!
Boycott Amazon this Diwali & forever🤬 pic.twitter.com/pkULUhg7We

— TARANATH POOJARY (@taranathpoojary) November 10, 2020

Let’s grow this voice. #BoycottAmazon for Demeaning Hinduism. We have been silent too long & @AmazonUK and @amazon have deliberately sold products that hurt #Hindus. @naomi2009@Mahna5G@KhajuriaManu@rana1_n@deepduttajourno@loveenatandon@RecorderEllehttps://t.co/TKpHLGQkumpic.twitter.com/vKC86kRg8U

— Nandini (@nanmob) November 9, 2020

Some users also likened the call for boycotting Amazon similar to that in case of Tanishq which once again had to take down an advertisement film in the face of harsh criticism online.

#BoycottAmazon#BoycottAmazon
Tanishq to Amazon pic.twitter.com/5Ark5p6n0B

— ROHIT CHHAVDI🇮🇳 (@rohit_chhavdi) November 10, 2020

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