No half pants, mini skirts: Posters put up in Bhopal temples banning entry of devotees wearing western clothes

Days after a century-old Jain temple in Shimla banned entry of devotees wearing short or revealing clothes, a similar incident has been reported in Bhopal also. A temple in Madhya Pradesh's capital city has imposed a ban on the entry of devotees who do not wear appropriate attire and has appealed to people to visit temples dressed in "decent clothes."

Sanskriti Bachao Manch Madhya Pradesh has pasted posters in the temple reading, "It is a religious place, not a tourist place. Please enter the temple premises wearing only decent clothes. Entry will be prohibited if wearing short clothes, half pants, mini skirts and night suits. Cooperation is expected from all Sanatan Dharmis."

Chandra Shekhar Tiwari, President of Sanskriti Bachao Manch and priest, told ANI that "Temple is a place of culture and rituals. It has been our tradition to visit the temple wearing decent clothes. Today, girls go to the temple wearing half pants and wear such clothes, which are indecent. The clothes should be cultural and traditional, according to the dignity of the temple."


He also added that women are not seen wearing sarees in pubs or discos. When there is a dress code for such a place, then there should be entry in religious places only in decent clothes.

"Sanskriti Bachao Manch has started this initiative for the entire state and we request the administrators and founders of all the religious places and pilgrimage places across the country to allow entry in temple premises in decent clothes," Tiwari said.

Posters have been pasted in many temples in Bhopal and an appeal has been made to enter the temple premises only by wearing cultured clothes, Tiwari added.

With inputs from ANI