International reality television star Kim Kardashian marked her maiden visit to India recently as she attended the wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant in Mumbai. And as she shared photos from the festivities on her social media handles, one particular picture of her posing with an idol of Hindu god Ganesha left many angry.
Kim got all decked up in an ivory Manish Malhotra lehenga while she was in Mumbai and did a breathtaking photoshoot, covered in jewels. Sharing the photos, she captioned her post: “Diamonds and Pearls for the Ambani wedding”.
While netizens gave a thumbs up to her look, the Ganesha photo did not go down well with her Indian followers. In the picture, Kim was seen using the idol as a photo prop and leaning over it for a click.
“She comes back home to the USA and poses like this with an idol of Lord Ganesha. She showed her true lack of class,” a user wrote.
The Ambani wedding was beautiful all around except for this one thing.
— MB (@desiboho) July 15, 2024
Calling Kim Kardashian, someone famous for a sex video, was a major miss. And now she comes back home to the USA and poses like this with an idol of Lord Ganesha. She showed her true lack of class. pic.twitter.com/XKuCfUVa96
Another commented, “It’s highly inappropriate and even more disrespectful when you don’t belong to that culture.”
Not Kim using Ganesha as a prop for her trashy photo ops
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As the photo went viral for all the wrong reasons, Kim silently deleted the picture from her post, without issuing a clarification.
Kim was in India along with her sister Khloe Kardashian to attend the big-ticket wedding on July 12. For the wedding day, Kim chose to wear a shimmery red lehenga, while Khloe wore an ornate ivory and golden lehenga.
The Kardashian sisters also attended Anant and Radhika’s ‘Shubh Ashirwad’ ceremony, aka the blessings ceremony on July 13, before jetting back to the US on July 14.
Kim and Khloe also got their crew of camerapersons and director along with them to shoot portions of the grand Ambani wedding, and they will be shown in the sixth season of their show, The Kardashians.
(The article is published under a mutual content partnership arrangement between The Free Press Journal and Connected to India)
