Indian viewers reported — and Variety can confirm — that the scene was censored on the streaming platform JioHotstar, the largest streaming service in India. In footage from JioHotstar reviewed by Variety, Zion prays to the Buddha statue, but the scenes with expletives were cut entirely.

In the opening scene of Season 3, Nicholas Duvernay's character hurls expletives at a Buddha statue - encapsulating the character's cultural ignorance while also foreshadowing how the retreat will be anything but peaceful for those seeking peace.

India’s largest streaming platform muted a surprising scene from The White Lotus’s season three—and it wasn’t one involving incest. Streamer JioHotstar discreetly removed the first episode scene where Belinda’s son Zion,