Local Hindus celebrated the end of winter and the beginning of spring during an annual Holi celebration in Maple Valley on Saturday. Holi, likely one of the most colorful and photogenic of all cultural festivals, traditionally welcomes spring, asks for good harvests and honors events in Hinduism. It is also a time for dancing, a bonfire and of course gulaal, the colored powder thrown on participants.

The Burnside Brewing Company in Portland is delaying the release of a new beer after an outpouring of criticism from Hindus. The beer was named “Kali-ma,” and its label featured the four-armed goddess Kali standing among three severed heads

Offensive? Some certainly thought so.

“Such trivialisation of Goddess Kali is disturbing to Hindus (the) world over,” Hindu leader Rajan Zed told the Hindustan Times. “Goddess Kali is highly revered in ...