Jay Leno's Golden Temple joke incenses India's Sikhs

New Delhi: India's Sikh community isn't finding Jay Leno so funny.

Members of the religious group said they were outraged when the Tonight Show host showed a photo of a glittering gold building and claimed it was Republican Mitt Romney's summer home.

It was meant to be a joke about the Republican presidential candidate's wealth. But the building in the photograph is the Golden Temple, the holiest site in the Sikh religion.

Dalbeg Singh, a top Sikh leader, said on Tuesday that community leaders would seek an apology from Leno.

India's foreign ministry said the government had taken the issue up with U.S. authorities.

A top official from the external affairs ministry said a formal complaint had been lodged with the State Department in Washington.

India had also sent a complaint to NBC, the broadcaster of the show, the official said. He was speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.

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