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Melbourne: From bashing up of Indian students to the World Cup clash and now to a bikini controversy, the India-Australia ‘don’t love you so much’ saga continues. Indians, particularly the Hindu community, were shocked to see a bikini model taking the ramp with an image of Goddess Lakshmi on it.
The Australian swimwear label company realising the immature decision immediately chose to apologise.
“We would like to offer an apology to anyone we may have offended and advise that the image of Goddess Lakshmi will not appear on any piece of Lisa Blue swimwear for the new season, with a halt put on all production of the new range and pieces shown on the runway removed,” said a statement issued by the Lisa Blue Swimwear.
The swimwear company carried an image of Goddess Lakshmi on a bikini bottom and front of a model who walked the ramp at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week in Sydney last week.
The apology came after Indian community strongly protested the depiction of Goddess images on swimwear, saying it has hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindu community.
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