A float in Sunday's upcoming India Day Parade in New York City that celebrates a Hindu temple built over a razed mosque in India is being criticized as anti-Muslim.
Sunday, August 18, 2024 1:51PMA float in Sunday's upcoming India Day Parade in New York City that celebrates a Hindu temple built over a razed mosque in India is being criticized as anti- Muslim .
"This float presence represents these groups' desire to conflate Hindu nationalist ideology with Indian identity," the organization and others wrote in a letter earlier this month addressed to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams. "This is not merely a cultural display, but a vulgar celebration of anti-Muslim heat, bigotry, and religious supremacy."
The association bills the parade as a celebration of the "rich tapestry of India's cultural diversity," with floats representing not just Hindu but Muslim, Sikh and Christian faiths participating over the years. Workers decorate a temple dedicated to Hindu deity Lord Ram with flowers the day before the temple's grand opening in Ayodhya, India, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024.The Ram Mandir broke ground in 2020 following a protracted legal battle in India's holy city of Ayodhya.
"I want to send the right symbolic gesture that the city's open to everyone and there's no room for hate," the Democrat said. "If there is a float or a person in the parade that's promoting hate, they should not."
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