Entertainment | Jay Leno India Fumes Over Leno Joke Will discuss spoof on Sikh holy place with State Department By Matt Cantor Posted Jan 24, 2012 1:00 AM CST Updated Jan 24, 2012 3:10 AM CST Copied Sikhs sit and watch the illuminated Golden temple on the eve of the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh in Amritsar, India, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill) Jay Leno has created a bit of an international brouhaha over a joke that's not sitting well with India's Sikh community. The Tonight Show last week displayed a picture of the holiest Sikh temple—the stunning Golden Temple of Amritsar—before Leno called it Mitt Romney's summer home. Sikhs have organized an online petition calling for Leno's "racist comments" to "be stopped right here," and an Indian official says the country's embassy plans to discuss the comment with the US State Department, the BBC reports. The joke was "quite unfortunate and quite objectionable," said the Overseas Indian Affairs Minister. "The Golden Temple is the Sikh community's most sacred place. The American government should also look at this kind of thing. Freedom does not mean hurting the sentiments of others." Read These Next A game of doorbell ditch turns fatal for 11-year-old. Giuliani injured in high-speed highway crash. Is India, under hefty tariffs, turning away from the US? Guy accused of snatching hat from boy at US Open IDed as rich CEO. Report an error