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Hey! This is America where you can buy all kinds of blasphemous products<\/a>. Nobody cares about “hurting religious sentiments<\/a>:”<\/p>\n

India’s eastern state of Orissa has lodged a protest with the US government seeking action against a California-based website for hurting religious sentiments of people by selling undergarments with images of Hindu gods, a newspaper reported Friday. Hindu priests and religious groups had slammed the website, cafepress.com, for selling undergarments embellished with faces of several gods and goddesses, including the presiding deities of Jagannath temple, considered among the most sacred Hindu temples in India.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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