In recent years, many Indian business houses have gone global by their sheer perseverance and quality end products. This study does not deal with general branding of these products. Author is interested in pointing out the recent trend of using names Gods and Goddesses as well as unique Indian proverbial names as a marketing tool. This has sentimental value in India. Similarly, business houses of Asian origin are using root names as their trademarks such as geographical location or language name.
Maruti,
the Indian monkey God is supposed to be the son of the Wind God, troubleshooter,
transparent, a successful negotiator, able to lift a mountain, dependable, strong,
contented and loyal. The name has sufficient reasons to be adopted as a brand
name of an Indian product, especially an automobile industry which is expected
to be fuel-efficient, strong, able to negotiate curves at a reasonable speed,
and utterly dependable. In the Indian psyche, the impact of the names of worshippable
images has been remarkable. People take advantage of this phenomenon. |