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09-07-2016, 02:01 PM
Pokémon Go manages to hurt religious sentiments in India even before official launch
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Though Pokémon Go is yet to launch in India, its u**fficial presence has still managed to hurt the sentiment of some.
SEE ALSO: Pokémon Go is taking Indian players on a pilgrimage (http://mashable.com/2016/07/12/pokemon-go-india-pokestops/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Gujarat-based Alay Anil Dave has filed a PIL, or public interest litigation, with the state High Court against Niantic, the developer of Pokémon Go. He alleges that the augmented-reality game is hurting the sentiment of people by showing eggs in religious places such as temples
Eggs are widely classified as **n-vegetarian edible items, something that most religious places in India prohibit. In his plea, Dave finds (http://www.ptinews.com/news/7844298_PIL-against-Pokemon-Go-for---hurting---religious-sentiments-.html) carrying eggs, even if it’s just a virtual projection, in Hindu and Jain temples “blasphemous.”
Pokémon Go, which quickly became a sensation worldwide (http://mashable.com/2016/07/25/nintendo-pokemon-go-stocks/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), has amusingly encouraged people to get out of their houses more often and roam around the city. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/pokemon-go-eggs-temple-india/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Though Pokémon Go is yet to launch in India, its u**fficial presence has still managed to hurt the sentiment of some.
SEE ALSO: Pokémon Go is taking Indian players on a pilgrimage (http://mashable.com/2016/07/12/pokemon-go-india-pokestops/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Gujarat-based Alay Anil Dave has filed a PIL, or public interest litigation, with the state High Court against Niantic, the developer of Pokémon Go. He alleges that the augmented-reality game is hurting the sentiment of people by showing eggs in religious places such as temples
Eggs are widely classified as **n-vegetarian edible items, something that most religious places in India prohibit. In his plea, Dave finds (http://www.ptinews.com/news/7844298_PIL-against-Pokemon-Go-for---hurting---religious-sentiments-.html) carrying eggs, even if it’s just a virtual projection, in Hindu and Jain temples “blasphemous.”
Pokémon Go, which quickly became a sensation worldwide (http://mashable.com/2016/07/25/nintendo-pokemon-go-stocks/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), has amusingly encouraged people to get out of their houses more often and roam around the city. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/pokemon-go-eggs-temple-india/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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