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A mall in India’s northern Lucknow city has barred people from offering religious prayers after a controversial video of people offering namaz inside the newly inaugurated complex went viral. Several right-wing organisations objected to it, saying that they would also recite the hymns of Hindu God Hanuman.

On Friday, LuLu Mall in the Uttar Pradesh state put up notice boards at several places asking visitors not to use their complex for religious purposes. The police have booked a group of unidentified people for allegedly offering namaz. They have been charged for promoting enmity between different groups and intending to outrage religious feelings.

The case was registered on the complaint of the Lulu Mall representatives, who claimed that the people seen in the video were not their staff members, reports PTI news agency.

The situation turned tense after a right-wing group, Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha, threatened to march inside the mall to recite the Hindu hymns. Before the situation could go out of hand, police were deployed to the site and a curfew under IPC Section 144 was imposed on the area.

On Saturday, three people were detained for allegedly attempting to recite Sundarkand on the mall premises. Police said that the three arrested belonged to Hindu Samaj Party. They were detained at the mall’s entry gate.

The general manager of the mall, Sameer Verma, released a statement saying, "Lulu Mall respects all religions. Any kind of religious work or prayer is not permitted here. We train our floor staff and security staff to keep an eye on such activities."

The mall was inaugurated on Sunday by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and has been opened by Abu Dhabi-based Lulu Group, led by Indian-origin billionaire Yussuf Ali M A.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Gopal Krishna Choudhary was quoted as saying, "An FIR under IPC Sections 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 295-A (deliberate act intended to outrage religious feelings) was lodged on Thursday against unidentified persons. The matter is being investigated."

(With inputs from agencies)

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A mall in India’s northern Lucknow city has barred people from offering religious prayers after a controversial video of people offering namaz inside the newly inaugurated complex went viral.

A mall in India’s northern Lucknow city has barred people from offering religious prayers after a controversial video of people offering namaz inside the newly inaugurated complex went viral. Several right-wing organisations objected to it, saying that they would also recite the hymns of Hindu God Hanuman. On Friday, LuLu Mall in the Uttar Pradesh state put up notice boards at several places asking visitors not to use their complex for religious purposes. The police have booked a group of unidentified people for allegedly offering namaz. They have been charged for promoting enmity between different groups and intending to outrage religious feelings. The case was registered on the complaint of the Lulu Mall representatives, who claimed that the people seen in the video were not their staff members, reports PTI news agency. The situation turned tense after a right-wing group, Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha, threatened to march inside the mall to recite the Hindu hymns. Before the situation could go out of hand, police were deployed to the site and a curfew under IPC Section 144 was imposed on the area. On Saturday, three people were detained for allegedly attempting to recite Sundarkand on the mall premises. Police said that the three arrested belonged to Hindu Samaj Party. They were detained at the mall’s entry gate. The general manager of the mall, Sameer Verma, released a statement saying, "Lulu Mall respects all religions. Any kind of religious work or prayer is not permitted here. We train our floor staff and security staff to keep an eye on such activities." The mall was inaugurated on Sunday by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and has been opened by Abu Dhabi-based Lulu Group, led by Indian-origin billionaire Yussuf Ali M A. Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Gopal Krishna Choudhary was quoted as saying, "An FIR under IPC Sections 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 295-A (deliberate act intended to outrage religious feelings) was lodged on Thursday against unidentified persons. The matter is being investigated." (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE

Namaz row: Indian mall bars people from offering religious prayers on premises

Meet&nbsp;Lulu&nbsp;Hashimoto, a &quot;living doll&quot; and the latest trend in Tokyo&#39;s fashion modeling scene.

Lulu&nbsp;- a full-body doll suit consisting of a wig, a mask and stockings patterned with doll-like joints - was born from one woman&#39;s desire to become cute.

&quot;I have always really liked dolls and for me, the epitome of cuteness is dolls,&quot; said the 23-year-old fashion designer Hitomi Komaki, who created&nbsp;Lulu.

Dressing up as a mascot, called &quot;kigurumi&quot; in Japanese, is a popular art form in Japan. Komaki has taken it to a new level by creating a body suit that looks like a doll and lets you move like a human.

&quot;Many people call my project a fetish, but for me it&#39;s not a fetish but fashion,&quot; she said. &quot;It&#39;s like wearing nice clothes or putting on false eyelashes to become cuter.&quot;

There is only one&nbsp;Lulu&nbsp;body suit, Komaki said, but dancers, designers and models are among those who have worn the costume.

The identity of exactly who is inside is secret, she added.

The stockings worn by&nbsp;Lulu&nbsp;were created by fellow fashion designer Koh Ueno, who airbrushes doll-like joints onto the material.

&quot;I want to see women wear these stockings and transform,&quot; said 29-year-old Ueno.

&quot;I want them to experience the extraordinary - to become otherworldly, artificial, or like a doll,&quot; he said.

While popular among fans of Japanese subculture,&nbsp;Lulu&nbsp;is now turning heads at the annual Miss iD beauty pageant where she is among the 134 semi-finalists chosen from around 4,000 entrants.

The pageant, which includes &quot;non-human&quot; characters generated by artificial intelligence and three-dimensional computer graphics for the first time, will announce a winner in November.

Lulu&#39;s ability to blur the line between reality and fiction has mesmerized fans on social media, where the&nbsp;Lulu&nbsp;Twitter and Instagram accounts have drawn tens of thousands of followers.

&quot;I find it miraculous that dolls and humans - two things that exist in different planes - are standing in the same space,&quot; said Erika Kato, 24, who met&nbsp;Lulu&nbsp;for the first time at a recent fan event.

The possibility of wearing a suit and becoming&nbsp;Lulu&nbsp;also appealed to fans like 22-year-old Miu Shimoda.

&quot;I&#39;d like to be a beautiful girl like&nbsp;Lulu&nbsp;at least once in my life,&quot; she said.

Lulu - a full-body doll suit consisting of a wig, a mask and stockings patterned with doll-like joints - was born from one woman's desire to become cute

Meet Lulu Hashimoto, a "living doll" and the latest trend in Tokyo's fashion modeling scene. Lulu - a full-body doll suit consisting of a wig, a mask and stockings patterned with doll-like joints - was born from one woman's desire to become cute. "I have always really liked dolls and for me, the epitome of cuteness is dolls," said the 23-year-old fashion designer Hitomi Komaki, who created Lulu. Dressing up as a mascot, called "kigurumi" in Japanese, is a popular art form in Japan. Komaki has taken it to a new level by creating a body suit that looks like a doll and lets you move like a human. "Many people call my project a fetish, but for me it's not a fetish but fashion," she said. "It's like wearing nice clothes or putting on false eyelashes to become cuter." There is only one Lulu body suit, Komaki said, but dancers, designers and models are among those who have worn the costume. The identity of exactly who is inside is secret, she added. The stockings worn by Lulu were created by fellow fashion designer Koh Ueno, who airbrushes doll-like joints onto the material. "I want to see women wear these stockings and transform," said 29-year-old Ueno. "I want them to experience the extraordinary - to become otherworldly, artificial, or like a doll," he said. While popular among fans of Japanese subculture, Lulu is now turning heads at the annual Miss iD beauty pageant where she is among the 134 semi-finalists chosen from around 4,000 entrants. The pageant, which includes "non-human" characters generated by artificial intelligence and three-dimensional computer graphics for the first time, will announce a winner in November. Lulu's ability to blur the line between reality and fiction has mesmerized fans on social media, where the Lulu Twitter and Instagram accounts have drawn tens of thousands of followers. "I find it miraculous that dolls and humans - two things that exist in different planes - are standing in the same space," said Erika Kato, 24, who met Lulu for the first time at a recent fan event. The possibility of wearing a suit and becoming Lulu also appealed to fans like 22-year-old Miu Shimoda. "I'd like to be a beautiful girl like Lulu at least once in my life," she said.

Lulu Hashimoto: 'living doll' is latest trend in Tokyo's fashion modeling scene

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