NEW YORK: The annual India Day parade in New York on Sunday will characteristic 4 tableaux representing the nation’s religions, symbolising its “unity in range”, however some Muslims and different teams are protesting the inclusion of a Hindu tableau as a result of it depicts the Ayodhya temple. Organisers have dismissed these protests as in opposition to the spirit of the celebration of independence of the world’s largest democracy and pluralistic nation.

Avinash Gupta, president of the tri-state chapter of the Federation of India Day Associations (FIA), which organises the parade, instructed IANS, “There isn’t a place for hate” and “we imagine in unity and variety. All religions shall be represented. “We welcome all religions and all ethnic organisations to take part within the parade,” he stated.

So you’ll not solely see the Ram Mandir tableau, but in addition a Muslim tableau, a Sikh tableau and a Christian tableau. The VIP visitor of the parade shall be Indian actor Zaheer Iqbal. This would be the forty second version of the New York occasion, which shall be attended by round 100,000 folks. It’s the largest parade celebrating India’s independence. The Hindu tableau could have a reproduction of the Shri Ram Lalla temple in Ayodhya.

However, at a protest with about 20 folks exterior Metropolis Corridor, Husna Vora of the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) stated, “A tableau celebrating the development of the Ram temple shall be divisive and opposite to the values ​​of NYC. She harassed that public celebrations mustn’t embody symbols of division or bigotry.