Phalgun Shuklapaksha 4, Kaliyug Varsha 5116
O Hindus, let us pay gratitude to God for this success in stopping denigration of Dharma !
On November 28th, 2014, alert Hindus notified Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) regarding T-shirts displayed on an online shopping portal Xtees.com. This online shopping portal was selling T-shirts having pictures of Hindu Deities and religious symbols.
HJS promptly contacted the founder of Xtees.com, Mr. Manoj, explaining to him how theses T-shirts amount to denigration. He was requested to remove such T-shirts from their portal. He was also urged to visit the HJS website to learn about Dharma and Spirituality.
Mr. Manoj agreed with the points suggested by HJS and said that the offending T-shirts (all the relevant links) have been removed from the website. HJS commends Mr. Manoj on his prompt action in stopping this denigration once he came to know about it. It shows his open mindedness towards learning about Dharma preservation.
Please see below the correspondence between HJS and the Founder of Xtees.com:
From: HJS Protest Team <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 2:07 AM
Subject: Complaints about your T-shirts with pictures of Hindu Deities and religious symbols
To: [email protected]
II Shri II
To,
41, Ram Nagar, First Street,
Tirupur – 641602,
Tamil Nadu,
India.
Subject: Request to remove sale of T-shirts having pictures of Hindu Deities & religious symbols, causing denigration.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Hindu Janajagruti Samiti is a registered NGO doing social, religious and National welfare work. The Samiti is active throughout India, educating people about Dharma in scientific way, campaigning against malpractices done under religious practices and solving problems connected with National, Religious and social field. For further details please refer our website www.HinduJagruti.org.
We had received many complaints against sale of T-shirts having pictures of Hindu Deities and religious symbols on your website causing denigration of Hindu Deities and Hinduism. Also these pictures you have used on T-shirts are not according to the Shaastra. Please see below links from your website:
Denigration of Deity Shiva: Below are links from your website, denigrating Deity Shiva:
http://www.tshirts.in/guys/mens-slogan-t-shirts/indian-desi/lord-shiva-face-t-shirt.html
http://www.tshirts.in/guys/mens-slogan-t-shirts/indian-desi/shiva-trance-t-shirt.html
http://www.tshirts.in/guys/mens-slogan-t-shirts/funny/hara-hara-mahadev-ki-t-shirt.html
Please see the sattvik picture of Deity Shiva according to the Shaastra on our website: https://www.hindujagruti.org/hinduism/sattvik-picture-name-strip-deity-shiva. Please see and feel the difference between this sattivk picture and pictures printed on your products.
Denigration of Deity Ganesh: Below are links from your website, denigrating Deity Ganesh:
http://www.tshirts.in/guys/mens-slogan-t-shirts/funny/celtic-ganesha-lord-vinayaga-t-shirt.html
http://www.tshirts.in/guys/mens-slogan-t-shirts/indian-desi/dancing-ganesha-t-shirt.html
http://www.tshirts.in/guys/mens-slogan-t-shirts/indian-desi/dancing-ganesha-t-shirt-533780771.html
http://www.tshirts.in/guys/mens-slogan-t-shirts/indian-desi/tattoo-ganesha-t-shirt.html
http://www.tshirts.in/guys/mens-slogan-t-shirts/indian-desi/lord-ganesha-t-shirt.html
http://www.tshirts.in/guys/mens-slogan-t-shirts/indian-desi/www-ganesha-lord-vinayaga-t-shirt.html
Please visit our page to see the sattvik picture of Deity Ganesh according to the Shaastra: https://www.hindujagruti.org/hinduism/ganesh-festival. Please note the difference between this sattivk picture and pictures printed on your products.
Deity Shiva and Deity Ganesh are highly revered Deities. By having their images on your products insults them and hurts the religious sentiments of Hindus. Commercialization of Deities undermines the value of Deities and makes them less important and trivial. Deities are Supreme. They should be revered and used for worship only.
Denigration of Religious Symbols: Religious symbols printed on the T-shirts still amounts to denigration. Below are the links from your webpage:
http://www.tshirts.in/guys/mens-slogan-t-shirts/indian-desi/om-in-fire-circle-t-shirt.html
http://www.tshirts.in/guys/mens-slogan-t-shirts/symbol/om-superman-t-shirt.html
http://www.tshirts.in/guys/mens-slogan-t-shirts/indian-desi/flying-om-t-shirt.html
http://www.tshirts.in/guys/mens-slogan-t-shirts/funny/flying-ganesha-lord-vinayaga-t-shirt.html
http://www.tshirts.in/guys/mens-slogan-t-shirts/indian-desi/spiritual-om-t-shirt.html
http://www.tshirts.in/guys/mens-slogan-t-shirts/indian-desi/thrishul-om-t-shirt.html
The sanctity of the Deities will not be maintained when such clothes will be touched with dirty hands, washed with other dirty clothes, thrown away anywhere, go into the dust bin as a waste material etc. When washing, the clothes, turn, twists bend, etc. thus doing the same to the image of the Deity. This severely insults the Deities, denigrates them and hurts the religious sentiments of Hindus. This increases your destiny and sin. The place of Deities’ pictures is in temples and hearts of devotees.
We feel that manufacturers are increasing their business by using pictures of Hindu Deities but actually it is denigration and an offense as per Indian Penal Code section 295A. Further please note that using religious symbols on products is an offense as per Indian Trade Practice Act 1999.
In view of above, we request you to stop the advertisement/sale/manufacture of clothes with symbols/pictures of Hindu Deities on them.
Please acknowledge this letter and inform us in writing about the action taken by you.
Sincerely,
Hindu Janajagruti Samiti
Reply from the Founder
From: Manoj, Xtees.com [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Manoj, Xtees.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 4:03 AM
To: HJS Protest Team
Subject: Re: Complaints about your T-shirts with pictures of Hindu Deities and religious symbols
Hi,
Thank you very much for enlightening us about the usage of deities on clothes. I myself being a Hindu feel from my heart that it is my duty & responsibility not to defame Hinduism by any means. Even though these were unintentional, I am very sorry, if it had hurt anyones feelings.
I will arrange to take these designs from our site asap.
Thank you! Have a great day!
Manoj
XTEES | [email protected] | www.tshirts.in
Response from Hindu Janajagruti Samiti
From: HJS Protest Team <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 7:17 AM
Subject: Re: Complaints about your T-shirts with pictures of Hindu Deities and religious symbols
To: “Manoj, Xtees.com” <[email protected]>
|| Shree ||
Namaskar dear Manoj ji.
Thank you for your prompt and positive response in this regard. It is commendable that you have decided to remove the concerned designs from your site once you learned about the denigration they are causing. This shows your open-mindedness and attitude to learn; Hindus like you are the real strength of Hindu Dharma !
Sincerely,
Hindu Janajagruti Samiti.
Reminder email from Hindu Janajagruti Samiti
From: HJS Protest Team <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: Complaints about your T-shirts with pictures of Hindu Deities and religious symbols
To: “Manoj, Xtees.com” <[email protected]>
|| Shree ||
Namaskar dear Manoj ji.
We have found that the denigrating designs are still available on your site. Kindly remove them at the earliest.
Sincerely,
Hindu Janajagruti Samiti.
Second response from the Founder
From: Manoj, Xtees.com [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Manoj, Xtees.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 8:52 PM
To: Matthew, [email protected]
Subject: Re: Deity T-Shirt Denigrations
Hi,
Sorry for the delay. All the designs you specified have been removed.
You can go through and confirm back to me.
Thanks,
Manoj
