Buddhists Outraged at Buddha's Images on Shoes

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By Lalit K Jha

CALIFORNIA---The Tibetan and the Buddhist community are outraged at a California-based company for promoting a range of shoes with the Lord Buddha's images. Tibetans and Bhutanese Buddhists have written to the company, Icon Shoes, to express their disgust. Based out of Palm Desert, California, ICON was launched in 1999 by a Hollywood filmmaker and art collector. "Icon is for the art lover and the woman who loves shoes and handbags. We support artists by paying royalty for the use of their art," the company says on its Facebook page. [link]