Devotees of Lord Ganesha have approached the police against Ram Gopal Varma
Ram Gopal Varma
Hyderabad:Devotees of Lord Ganesha have approached the police against filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma regarding his controversial comments about the Hindu god and Vinayaka Chathurthi celebrations.
While the Hyderabad Ganesh Utsav Samiti has approached the cyber crime wing of the crime investigation department, an advocate has lodged a complaint at the Saroornagar police station against RGV for “insulting” religious beliefs and hurting the sentiments of Hindus.
The director had raised several questions about Ganesha in a series of tweets in his personal twitter account on Friday and Saturday. Most of them with a touch of sarcasm, ridiculed the anatomy of Ganesha and questioned how the god, who could not save himself, can save devotees. However, as twitteratis started reacting to the tweets aggressively, RGV tried to defend himself saying that “his questions and observations about Ganesha stemmed from ignorance about the subject.”
However, later he apologised for hurting the sentiments of devotees. “The tweets I made on Ganesha were not intended to hurt anyone’s sentiments...but if they did I sincerely apologise,” the tweet said.
Meanwhile, police officials said that they have sought legal opinion on the complaint. “Action will be taken on this issue based on legal opinion,” said Saroornagar inspector B. Naveen Reddy.
Ganesh Utsav Samiti general secretary Bhagwant Rao told DC that RGV’s comments insulted devotees. “If police do not take action immediately, we will approach court against the director,” he said.
As an attempt to defend himself, Ram Gopal Varma tweeted a quote of German Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche on religion being a narcotic.
Ram Gopal Varma ver often endorses atheistic ideas tweeted thus in his personal account:-
"What did Ganesha do that his brother kumara dint do so that only Ganesha became god? Is it because Kumara didn't get head cut off like Ganesha?"
"Can someone tell me if today is the day Ganesha was originally born or is it the day his dad cut his head off?"
"Does Lord Ganesha eat with his hands or his trunk?"
"I would really love to know from Lord Ganesha's devotees a list of what obstacles he removed in all the years they prayed to him"
"I have an innocent question...can someone please tell me how a Lord who couldn't save his own head will save others heads?"
"Does Lord Ganesha eat much more than other Gods? My doubt is because all the other Gods are either trim or muscular"
"Did Lord Ganesha have a paunch in his childhood too or did it develop in the recovery time of the elephant head operation?"
"Happy Ganesh Chaturthi may this day 29th August bring prosperity and happiness to everybody so that there will be no problems from 30th august"
"Can someone explain how someone can cut off a child's head who was just trying to protect his mother's modesty? Am sure devotees know better"
( Source : dc correspondent )
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