Madurai, August 4
Days after a food vis-a-vis religion wrangle involving food aggregator Zomato, a restaurant here has kicked up a row by naming a chicken delicacy after “Iyers”, a Brahmin caste, while another hotel in Tamil Nadu won support by announcing that it would not serve those who linked food to religion.
Though the restaurant here has apologised for naming a dish as “Kumbakonam Iyer Chicken”, it has raised questions on the reasons behind it and a Hindu outfit alleged that “cheap publicity” was a key driving factor.
The hotel tendered an apology and removed the promotional content on social media after Brahmin associations and Hindu outfits protested against it.
Hindu Tamizhar Katchi leader Rama Ravikumar alleged the labelling was nothing but a cheap publicity stunt. On a Pudukottai hotel saying it won’t serve anyone who linked food to religion, he said. — PTI
Restaurant sorry
- A restaurant in Madurai named a dish as “Kumbakonam Iyer Chicken”
- After protests by Brahmins, the hotel tendered an apology and removed the promotional content on social media
- Kumbakonam is a town in Thanjavur district, the hub of the Cauvery delta in Tamil Nadu, with a sizable population of Tamil Brahmins
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