Indian deities in merchandising?

May 14, 2009 19:16

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corvideye May 14 2009, 17:04:56 UTC
What did you search? I tried "ganesha advertising" and found this site which might be useful:
http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/cycle_pure_agarbatties_lord_ganesha

(looks like there's other deities on there too)

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corvideye May 14 2009, 17:15:14 UTC
Hmm, here's a case where people were offended by the use of Shiva in an ad...

http://www.hindujagruti.org/news/43.html

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innie_darling May 14 2009, 17:08:26 UTC
Are you asking about advertising in the U.S. or in India?

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sailorptah May 15 2009, 00:54:24 UTC
I know they have different implications, but either one would be interesting - as well as ads from other countries, Western or Asian (or elsewhere).

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snippy_kitty May 14 2009, 17:19:01 UTC
Every business has Ganesha in his office.

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reapermum May 14 2009, 17:36:21 UTC
There's juggernaut, the English spelling of one of the titles of Krisna or a heavy lorry.

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loganberrybunny May 14 2009, 18:00:00 UTC
It seems to be dying out in the latter sense, and I can't recall the word being used actually by a business. People much younger than me (34) often have to have "juggernaut" explained to them, perhaps unusurprisingly when even "lorry" is going the same way, pushed out by the American "truck".

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reapermum May 14 2009, 19:58:32 UTC
Yea, after spending years (I'm 59) using the term I now tend to say HGV or just Heavies. I'd never thought about that.

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sailorptah May 15 2009, 00:59:36 UTC
...oh, wow. I had no idea "juggernaut" was from Sanskrit. (I wonder if the people who created the X-Men character knew any better.)

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snakewhissperer May 14 2009, 18:16:03 UTC
shiva routers come to mind.

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