Google landed in trouble in India after it displayed the results to a question asked by a user “what is the ugliest language in India” to which the search engine answered ‘Kannada.’

The entire answer to the ‘ugliest language’ question displayed was: ‘Kannada, a language spoken by around 40 million people in South India.

However, these search results did not go well with Kannadigas and now the state government is likely to take a legal action against Google.

Reacting to it, Kannada & Culture Minister Aravind Limbavali took to Twitter and wrote, "Kannada language has a history of its own, having come into existence as many as 2,500 years ago! It has been the pride of Kannadigas all through these two-and-a-half millennia. If Kannada is now called the ugliest language in India, it is merely an attempt by Google to insult this pride of Kannadigas.”

It may be noted here that after Kannada ugliest language search results went viral, Kannadigas were enraged with it. Later at around 3 pm today, Google rectified it, the remark was sourced from a website named debtconsolidationsquad.com. The outraged public has also asked Google to apologize for its mistake and take strict action against it.

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Former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy has also asked Google why it was insensitive towards languages. "Is it impossible for Google to curb such hatred against any language? Removing the webpage from search results wouldn't give relief to the hurt suffered by Kannadigas.

"The mistake of Google is not acceptable,” he added.

Meanwhile, Google reverted to it and said sometimes the way any content is described on the Internet can yield "surprising results to specific queries".

"Search isn’t always perfect. Sometimes, the way content is described on the Internet can yield surprising results to specific queries. We know this is not ideal, but we take swift corrective action when we are made aware of an issue and are continually working to improve our algorithms. Naturally, these are not reflective of the opinions of Google, and we apologize for the misunderstanding and hurting any sentiments," a Google spokesperson said.”