Brandy Norwood showed off her new tattoo on her official Twitter profile this week and inadvertently also showed off her ignorance of Hindu deities. For some reason, Brandy decided to get a tattoo of the Hindu god Ganesh on her wrist … despite the fact that she thought he was an Egyptian god. Fortunately for [...]
Brandy Norwood showed off her new tattoo on her official Twitter profile this week and inadvertently also showed off her ignorance of Hindu deities. For some reason, Brandy decided to get a tattoo of the Hindu god Ganesh on her wrist … despite the fact that she thought he was an Egyptian god. Fortunately for her, the tattoo turned out nicely but the fact that she didn’t even know what she was getting tattooed on her wrist seems silly and just plain dumb.
Brandy couldn’t wait to show off her new tattoo, but the singer probably should have got her facts straight before taking to Twitter. The Boy Is Mine singer had a picture of Ganesh, the Hindu deity, inked on the inside of her left wrist. However the 31-year-old apparently got her wires crossed and described it as an ‘Egyptian god’ when responding to questions from a fan. Brandy initially posted photos of her posed up alongside tattoo artist, Peter Koskela who specializes in custom work. Another frame shows the figure close up and she also showed herself having the tattoo inked on her skin. After seeing the pictures, one of her Twitter follower asked: ‘Is that Ganesh?’ ‘Yes it is!’ she wrote in response. ‘Egyptian god! Remover of all obstacles:)’ She was quickly informed by another reader that Ganesh is actually a Hindu deity, not Egyptian.
I am ALWAYS amazed at how flippantly and outright ignorantly people are willing to tattoo their bodies without knowing what the Hell they are getting inked into their skin. It’s one thing if the fault lies with the tattoo artist (eg. misspelled words) but it’s quite another for someone to walk into a tattoo parlor (presumably after they spent a considerable amount of time to research and plan their tattoo) and ask for a tattoo of a religious deity … and not even know what who the deity is. Every time I’ve heard of someone getting Ganesh tattooed on their body, they say it’s because he is the “remover of obstacles” — which is very true but he represents much more than just that. It just seems silly and dumb for anyone to get a tattoo of a religious deity when they really don’t know anything about it. I’m sure Brandy is a very nice girl and I hope she will enjoy her fairly large tattoo for the rest of her life … but something tells me that she didn’t put enough thought into her decision to truly enjoy her tat for years to come.
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