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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- India is objecting to U.S. talk show host Jay Leno's joke about the Golden Temple, India's holiest Sikh shrine, calling his comments "quite objectionable."
The Press Trust of India said the Sikh community was offended when Leno, host of the "The Tonight Show" on NBC, showed a picture of the temple on television last week and said it could be Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's summer home.
Vayalar Ravi, India's minister of overseas affairs, said he directed India's ambassador to the United States, Nirupama Rao, to take up the matter with the U.S. State Department, the newspaper said Monday.
"It is quite unfortunate and quite objectionable that such a comment has been made after showing the ... Golden Temple," Ravi told reporters. "The Golden Temple is the Sikh community's most sacred place. Even our prime minister went there for praying in the new year. I believe that the person who has shown is not that ignorant. The American government should also look at this kind of thing."
The newspaper said Leno was not immediately available for comment.
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