A video recorded at the Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Hyderabad, has triggered controversy after a faculty member identified as Bhattacharya was seen making inflammatory remarks about Hindu deities, temple traditions, and Brahmin priests during an address to students.
In the video, which has since circulated widely on social media, the faculty member is heard criticising idol worship and questioning core aspects of Hindu religious practice. He is also seen using derogatory language in reference to Hindu Gods, temple rituals, and hereditary priesthood.
Content of the Remarks
In the footage, Bhattacharya repeatedly challenges why Hindus worship idols, asking students: “Why are you not teaching the Vedas? Why are you not teaching the Gita, which is mainstream Hinduism? Where are idols mentioned in the Gita and Vedas? Which deity or animal form is mentioned?”
He goes on to make disparaging comments about specific deities, including Ganesha, Hanuman, and Narasimha, and mocks traditional narratives from Hindu texts, questioning the depiction of divine intervention in episodes such as the killing of Hiranyakashipu.
The speaker further claims that Hindu temple priests, whom he repeatedly labels as “idiots” and “looters,” have misled devotees and weakened the religious foundations of the community. He asserts that people should avoid temples and pilgrimages, that Hindu scripture emphasises meditation rather than ritual worship, and that devotees are “ignorant” for standing in long queues at temples.
He also criticises the socio-religious influence of Brahmin temple priests, stating that they have “destroyed the country’s religiosity,” while saying other castes are “far better.” Although identifying himself as a Brahmin, he states he “hates temple Brahmins”.
He said, “Such people and give them a lash. Why are you not teaching Veda? Why are you not teaching Gita, which is the mainstream Hinduism? Why do you fool them to worship idols?
Where are the idols mentioned in the Gita and Veda? Which idol is mentioned in the Gita and Veda? Which Mata is mentioned? Which Pashu is mentioned? Why are you making them to worship Ganesha? Why are you making them to worship only monkey God? Why are you making them to worship Narasimha Swami? That fellow should come down to cut with his nails Prahlad’s father’s stomach. When we approach death, does God come here to give us death? God could not give death to Prahlad’s father sitting in the heaven. He had to come down to slaughter.
To kill the demon, God has to come down on earth and walk and take a Trishul and kill. God doesn’t have power sitting in the heaven to kill anybody. God should have power to give Mata a big Trishul to kill Asura here. He can’t kill the Asura from there. Look at this stupidity which has been spread by these idiots, Pandit, Purohits, Brahmin idiots of the temples. And looting money, looting mind of the people and looting money. People are ignorant.
They just go for five days, sit like this, worship before the Pandit, go away. You have to do meditation. You should tell people to do half an hour of meditation from home, not come to the temple. Gita says meditation all the time. Vedas says meditation all the time. I do meditation for half an hour every day. Don’t go to any temple, don’t go to any pilgrimage. I’m happy, healthy. Why can’t all of you be? Why people have to go to temple? Why they have to go to pilgrimage and get the sweat smell of the devotees? Standing in the line. You get sweat smell of the devotees.
Those ignorant fellows who are in the line for one hour, three hours, four hours. They sweat and exude that bad smell which we have to smell. Why? Do you see how certain constituencies are harassing and frustrating us, making an ass of us? And we say Hindutva; Hindu is a great religion. Muslims are bad. Christians are bad. We are the best. With these idiot Pandits, we are the best. With this idol worship, we are the best. With not knowing Bhagavad Gita, we are the best. With not doing Vedas, we are the best. Being idiots, we are the best, best of the nation. It’s not only this far. My parents did not know Bhagavad Gita and Vedas. None of your parents would know a shloka of Bhagavad Gita and Vedas. All your parents are also like my parents, brainless fellows who never read Gita, who never read Vedas because of the bad influence of the Brahmin Pandits. I’m myself a Brahmin, but I hate these temple Brahmins who have destroyed this country’s religiosity. Reddys are far better. Choudharis are far better. Kshatriyas are far better. BCs are far better. SCs are far better than these wretched Brahmins who are destroying our religiosity in the temple.”
As of now, the Institute of Public Enterprise has not issued an official statement regarding the video or the lecturer’s remarks.
This video is from Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Hyderabad.
Where a faulty named Bhattacharya is abusing Hindu Gods and Goddess.
Immediate action must be taken against him, and the institute @ipe_info.@TelanganaDGP pic.twitter.com/HzYnihYYmO
— Keshav Soni (@ImKeshavSoni) December 10, 2025
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