Visibly unsettling, the British YouTuber can be seen offering the non-vegetarian food to the staff and patrons, making everyone around uncomfortable.

On being asked to leave, he continued eating, prompting the security to remove him from the premises.

The act drew widespread condemnation on social media. Many users questioned the motive behind it, with some describing it as an intentional insult to Hindu dietary and religious values.

After receiving backlash for his “prank”, Cenzo admitted that he was visiting all the vegan restaurants in the area as a part of a video series for his YouTube channel.

“If I had known that the restaurant was with the temple, I would have never filmed that prank and left,” he said.

He said that he contacted the restaurant and planned a visit to apologise in person for his actions.

The YouTuber acknowledged that his actions were “ill-timed and irresponsible” and, upon researching the Hindu community, he realised that his “prank” deeply offended their values.

“They believe in no violence and peaceful behaviours towards animals and people. My actions came off as offensive to the community, and I would like to offer heartfelt, sincere apologies,” he said.

“God knows what they must be going through, seeing themselves all over social media over something that I would call a joke, but in reality, it was not a joke,” he added.

ISKCON released a statement saying that it has forgiven the “perpetrators of this undignified act” and sincerely prays for them.

“We forgive and sincerely pray for the perpetrators of this undignified act, who, due to ignorance, are probably unaware or simply don’t care about the pain they are causing by making such childish videos,” the statement read.

Following the incident, a clip of devotees chanting “Hare Rama Hare Krishna” outside a KFC outlet is taking the internet by storm, with netizens calling it the “coolest revenge”.

The caption of the video read, “They come to our restaurants to harass us, & we come to uplift their consciousness.”

The devotees can be seen spreading the message of choosing consciousness over rage in response to Cenzo’s “prank”.

ISKCON, a global spiritual organisation founded in 1966 by AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, promotes Krishna consciousness and a vegetarian lifestyle based on the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita and Vedic scriptures. Its restaurants, including Govinda’s, serve only pure vegetarian meals as part of its religious observance.-Agencies