Hindu Leader Upset by Alpharetta Game Company's Response

The Hindus who recently urged an Alpharetta online game developer to remove Kali and other Hindu gods from the action game SMITE are further shocked by the developer’s announcement of .

Hi-Rez Studios, which is creating SMITE, said in its official response to the request to remove the gods said, "going forward SMITE will include even more deities, not fewer.”

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed said that a company like Hi-Rez should be more understanding of the hurt feelings of Hindus worldwide over the mishandling of their revered deities like Kali. The purpose of online games is to entertain and not to offend a large chunk of world population.

Moreover, portrayal of goddess Kali, who was highly revered by Hindus, appeared like a porno star in the SMITE version shown on the company website, which was quite distressing for the devotees, Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, pointed out.

Zed said that video game makers should be more sensitive while handling faith related subjects and no faith, larger or smaller, should be plundered.