Anti-Hindu hate on display; social media influencers make derogatory remarks against Hindu deities and sacred scriptures
Delhi, India 
30 July, 2026
Case Summary
Hindu religious sentiments were hurt after a Delhi-based Instagram influencer, Nishika Rajora, and another female influencer made derogatory comments about Hindu deities and sacred scriptures in a video that went viral on social media. In the video, they stated, “Saare granth padh lo, rakshasho ne kabhi rape nahi kiya, par Hindu devi-devataon ne apni beti ko bhi nahi chhoda” ("Read all the Hindu scriptures; demons never raped anyone, but Hindu gods and goddesses did not even spare their own daughter."). The remarks were accompanied by laughter from the two women and drew widespread criticism for mocking and denigrating Hindu religious beliefs. Following the circulation of the video, Hindu social media users strongly condemned the remarks and criticised the influencers for making derogatory statements about Hinduism. The controversy intensified as the video gained widespread attention, with several Hindu users demanding action against those involved. The incident also reignited criticism over the repeated use of Hindu beliefs, deities, and sacred figures as subjects of provocative social media content. Amid the backlash, Nishika Rajora and the other woman later released an apology video. They stated that they had used inappropriate language and expressed regret for their remarks. During the apology, Rajora identified herself as a follower of Sanatan Dharma and chanted "Jai Shri Ram". The apology, however, did not bring the controversy to an end, as many social media users questioned its sincerity and continued to demand police action against the accused. The Hinduphobia Tracker team examined Nishika Rajora's social media profile and found references identifying her as a follower of the Kabir Panth. The Kabir Panth is a syncretic religious tradition that incorporates elements of both Hinduism and Islam and traces its teachings to the 15th-century mystic poet and saint Kabir. While many adherents revere Kabir as a spiritual reformer, this tradition has attracted criticism for rejecting or denigrating sacred aspects of mainstream Hindu beliefs, rituals, idol worship, and Hindu deities. The Kabir Panth has been at the centre of several controversies over remarks denigrating the Hindu faith and Hindu community.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case is being added to the tracker under the primary category: Hate Speech against Hindus. The subcategory selected is: Subversion of scriptures. Subverting the religious scriptures of Hindus has particularly devastating consequences. Subversion of the scriptures of Hindus is often done to justify or promote hatred, discrimination, or violence against specific individuals or groups of Hindus. Religious scriptures are often nuanced, and those who harbour religious animosity towards Hindus often misquote or misrepresent the scripture to legitimise their animosity and hate towards the faith and its adherents. Any such misquoting of scriptures or subversion to justify hate, violence and discrimination against Hindus owing to religious animosity is hate speech and is categorised as such. The other sub-category selected is - Anti-Hindu slurs, mocking faith. Anti-Hindu slurs and the deliberate mocking of the Hindu faith owing to religious animosity involve the usage of derogatory terms, stereotypes, or offensive references to religious practices, symbols, or figures. One of the common anti-Hindu slurs used against Hindus is “cow-worshipper” and “cow piss drinker”. The intention of using this term is to demean and mock Hindus as a group and their religious beliefs since Hindus consider the cow holy. Additionally, some symbols and the slurs attached to them have a historical context that exacerbates the insult, hate, stereotyping, dehumanisation and oppression against Hindus. Cow worship has been used for centuries to denigrate Hindus, insult their faith and oppress Hindus specifically as a religious group. There has been overwhelming documentation about how cow slaughter has been used to persecute Hindus, with cow meat being thrown in temples and places of worship. There has also been overwhelming documentation where cow meat (beef) has been force-fed to Hindus to either forcefully convert them to Islam or denigrate their faith. Apart from cow worship, the Swastika – which holds deep religious significance for the Hindus – has also been misinterpreted and distorted to use as a slur against Hindus. Similarly, the worship of the Shivling has been used by supremacist ideologies and religions to denigrate Hindus owing to religious animosity. Such slurs and denigration stem from inherent animosity and hate towards Hindus and their faith; therefore, it is categorised as hate speech targeted at Hindus specifically owing to their religious identity. This case was included in the Hinduphobia Tracker because the remarks constituted a direct attack on the Hindu faith through the denigration of its most sacred deities and scriptures. Rather than expressing disagreement with a religious belief or engaging in theological criticism, the influencers attributed incest and sexual abuse to Hindu gods and goddesses by invoking Hindu scriptures as the supposed basis for their assertions. Hindu deities are not merely random figures but objects of worship revered by millions of devotees as embodiments of righteousness, virtue and divine authority. Likewise, Hindu scriptures are regarded as sacred texts that guide religious practice, morality and ethical conduct. Falsely portraying these revered deities as perpetrators of sexual crimes amounted to a deliberate attempt to vilify Hinduism by associating its most revered symbols with depravity and moral corruption. Such conduct targeted not only the deities themselves but also the religious identity and deeply held beliefs of the Hindu community. The statement was particularly offensive because it distorted the Hindu understanding of family, morality and sacred relationships. Hindu philosophy places immense importance on the sanctity of familial bonds, where relationships between parents and children, brothers and sisters, and other family members are governed by ideals of affection, duty, protection, self-restraint and respect. Festivals such as Raksha Bandhan and Bhai Dooj reinforce these values by celebrating the sacred bond between siblings, while the concept of Kanyadaan reflects the belief that a daughter is a manifestation of the Divine Feminine and is to be treated with honour and dignity. Against this deeply rooted moral framework, portraying Hindu deities as sexually violating their own daughters did far more than insult individual gods. It falsely suggested that incest and sexual abuse were compatible with, or reflective of, Hindu religious teachings and moral values. The remarks therefore struck at the ethical foundations of Hindu civilisation and sought to degrade the religion by presenting its sacred figures as morally depraved. The misuse of Hindu scriptures further aggravated the offence. The influencers did not engage with the scriptures in their proper theological, historical or philosophical context. Instead, they invoked the authority of Hindu religious texts to lend credibility to an obscene and defamatory portrayal of Hindu deities. By presenting this distorted narrative as something supposedly found within Hindu scriptures, they subverted the sanctity of those texts and transformed them into instruments of ridicule. The accompanying laughter made it evident that the purpose was not scholarly discussion, satire directed at ideas, or theological debate, but the humiliation of a religious community through the desecration of what it regarded as sacred. Deliberately misrepresenting sacred scriptures to portray Hindu deities as sexual offenders amounted to an attack on the religious dignity of Hindus and demonstrated clear hostility towards their faith. The nature of the publication further reinforced the deliberate character of the offence. The video was not an impulsive remark made in a private setting but a piece of content consciously recorded, retained and uploaded for public consumption. Producing such a video necessarily involved planning, recording, reviewing and publishing the final version, indicating that the remarks were intentional rather than accidental. As an Instagram influencer with a substantial online audience, Nishika Rajora and the other female influencer possessed the ability to shape public perceptions among thousands of viewers. By publishing content that mocked Hindu deities and scriptures, she amplified the reach of the derogatory remarks and contributed to the normalisation of ridicule directed at Hindu religious beliefs. Her subsequent apology did not alter the fact that the offensive content had already been deliberately disseminated to a wide audience, further promoting Hinduphobia. The background of one of the accused also assumed significance in understanding the broader context of the incident. The Hinduphobia Tracker team's examination of Nishika Rajora's social media profile found references identifying her as a follower of the Kabir Panth. The Kabir Panth is a syncretic religious tradition whose followers generally reject idol worship and the worship of Hindu deities, considering such practices contrary to the teachings of Kabir. While every individual has the right to profess and practise their own religion, that freedom does not extend to degrading another community's sacred beliefs or using abusive and sexually explicit narratives to vilify its objects of worship. In this case, the accused did not merely express theological disagreement with Hindu practices but publicly mocked and sexually denigrated Hindu gods and goddesses before a mass audience. The ideological rejection of Hindu deity worship, when coupled with public ridicule of Hindu deities and scriptures, provided important context demonstrating that the remarks reflected hostility towards Hindu religious beliefs rather than legitimate religious discourse. Although some schools of thought among Hindus consider Kabirpanth to be part of Hinduism, Kabirpanth followers view themselves as distinct from Hindus and reject core elements of mainstream Hindu worship, particularly the veneration of Hindu deities and idols. This distinction becomes significant where criticism moves beyond doctrinal disagreement and takes the form of degrading sacred figures through obscene and defamatory assertions. Every religious tradition is free to preach its own beliefs; however, using false, sexually explicit narratives to vilify another religion's gods and scriptures ceases to be an exercise of religious freedom and instead becomes an act of religious hostility directed against that community. In this case, the remarks were not confined to rejecting idol worship but sought to demean Hinduism itself by attacking the sanctity of its deities and scriptures. Taken together, the circumstances demonstrated that this was not an isolated instance of poor judgement or offensive humour but a deliberate act of anti-Hindu hate. The accused chose Hindu deities, Hindu scriptures and core Hindu moral values as the subject of sexually degrading remarks, laughed while making those remarks, recorded and published the content for public consumption, and only issued an apology after widespread public outrage. The sequence of events showed a conscious willingness to exploit the humiliation of Hindu religious beliefs for social media engagement, treating the faith of millions of Hindus as material for ridicule and provocation. Such conduct went beyond mere insult or irreverence and amounted to the deliberate targeting of a religious community through the denigration of its sacred symbols, making this a clear example of anti-Hindu hate. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records an incident based on the date on which it occurred or when the victim’s ordeal began. In this case, the exact date on which the video was recorded and uploaded could not be ascertained from the available sources. Therefore, for documentation purposes, 30 July 2026, the date on which the incident was first reported by the media, has been selected as the indicative incident date.
Case Status
Unknown
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Others
Perpetrators Range
From 2 To 5
Perpetrators Gender
female
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