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Hindu Temples In Britain Stop Accepting New £5 Note Made Of Animal Fat
Swarajya Staff
Dec 05, 2016, 02:31 PM | Updated 02:31 PM IST
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A number of Hindu temples in Britain have banned the new £5 note after it emerged that it contained animal fat. The National Council of Hindu Temples said the new currency "ceases to be a simple medium of exchange but becomes a medium for communicating pain and suffering and we would not want to come into contact with it".
The Bhaktivedanta Manor, a Hare Krishna temple at Hertfordshire, posted a photo on Facebook which said: "We no longer accept the new 5 pound notes as they contain animal fat." Last week, it was revealed that the note contains tallow, which comes from beef or mutton fat. Hindus consider cow a holy animal.
The Shree Sanatan Temple at Leicester also launched a campaign to have the note replaced, the Independent reported. "We are very disappointed to learn that the new £5 note contains traces of animal fat," the temple's website said. A petition to remove tallow from the bank notes has received more than 120,000 signatures.
With inputs from IANS.
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