Amazon.com found itself in trouble on Saturday night after it was discovered that the website had door mats with Hindu gods and goddesses on them for sale.
#BoycottAmazon soon started trending on social media with outraged people venting out on the company.
#BoycottAmazon @amazon @AmazonHelp
— No Conversion (@noconversion) June 5, 2016
STOP abusing Hindu Deities
Enough is Enough
REMOVE these products pic.twitter.com/qCm4NOZnFb
Amazon selling maa laxmi doormats.
— Anurag saxena (@saaxenanurag) June 4, 2016
becoz of secular hindus.
Can it sell allah doormats
#BoycottAmazon pic.twitter.com/rqeXRVM0TG
Very shocking to c @amazon openly insulting Hinduism.Time to teach them a big lesson.#BoycottAmazon #UninstallAmazon pic.twitter.com/GaEmYxLl7W
— Badri #Mission265UP (@techie_badri) June 4, 2016
Why these foolish e-commerce sites play with our Hindu sentiments.#BoycottAmazon pic.twitter.com/NhPi6fXjJ6
— sandeep kshatriya (@vuniyalasandeep) June 5, 2016
Things took a turn for the worse, after people realized that the website also had Islamic themed door mats for sale.
Not only #hindureligion amazon your seller desrescpet our #Kabasharif n #Profetmohammad #BoycottAmazon pic.twitter.com/1SAyd0WvmD
— Semi (@Lovesemi5) June 4, 2016
Not only #Hindudevidevta they disrespect both religion #togater we #BoycottAmazon pic.twitter.com/5PEA4s8O3b
— Semi (@Lovesemi5) June 4, 2016
This is not the first time that Amazon has gotten into trouble over such a situation.
In 2014, Hindu cleric Rajan Zed noted that the website was selling women’s leggings carrying images of various Hindu Gods.
At the time, Zed said, “Hindus welcome the art world to immerse in Hinduism but [for] taking it seriously and respectfully and not for refashioning Hinduism concepts and symbols for personal agendas. Barbie-fication of Kali is simply improper, wrong and out of place.”
Amazon is yet to respond to the incident.
There were also some other reactions to the whole fiasco.
Childish trend, #BoycottAmazon. Why just doormat, put gods on toilet paper, condoms. Our tradition, Hinduness too big to be belittled by it
— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) June 4, 2016
Incredible India: Where losers hoping to #BoycottAmazon never get upset with honour killings and female infanticide in the name of religion.
— lindsay pereira (@lindsaypereira) June 4, 2016
Indians are so eager to #BoycottAmazon for putting Goddess pictures on doormats but everyday news of Indian women being raped has no effect.
— Priyanka (@autumnrainwish) June 5, 2016
After seeing #BoycottAmazon @amazonIN @Flipkart and @snapdeal s office employees and owners reaction. pic.twitter.com/KcxHsjr1k3
— Dr.Jay ⛔ (@VegGujju) June 4, 2016