NEW DELHI: The Khatu Shyam temple committee in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur district has positioned a banner asking devotees to put on ”first rate garments” whereas visiting the revered temple. According to the information company ANI, the temple committee has banned “short clothes or ripped jeans” contained in the temple premises.
The Khatu Shyam temple committee has put up a banner informing {that a} new gown code has been carried out for the devotees visiting the temple. As per the banner, the committee has urged the devotees to return to the temple whereas sporting solely ‘first rate’ garments that may cowl their our bodies correctly.
UP | Dress code carried out in Khatu Shyam temple in Hapur district. Short garments, ribbed denims & evening fits banned contained in the temple (29/06) pic.twitter.com/tavEnRkDQi
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) June 30, 2023
Devotees have been urged to not put on brief garments resembling half pants, Bermuda shirts, mini skirts, ripped denims and evening fits whereas they go to the temple. The temple committee has additionally cautioned that if any devotee is noticed sporting ‘inappropriate’ garments, she or he should provide prayers from exterior the temple.
Several devotees have welcomed the temple committee’s resolution to implement the brand new gown code. ANI additionally reported a devotee, Naveen Goyal, saying “A dress code has been implemented in the temple. This is a good decision. People must wear clothes that are appropriate for the temple”
Naveen Goyal, a devotee says, “A dress code has been implemented in the temple. This is a good decision. People must wear clothes that are appropriate for the temple” pic.twitter.com/g4qNXZ3Xu9
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) June 30, 2023
Recently, a number of outstanding temples throughout the nation have carried out comparable gown codes for devotees, particularly younger girls and boys. The Mahanirvani Akhara in Uttarakhand, which controls a number of temples, is amongst them which has carried out the gown code for devotees.
Among different temples the place a gown code has been carried out in Uttarakhand are Daksh Prajapati Temple at Kankhal in Haridwar, Neelkanth Mahadev Temple in Pauri district and Tapkeshwar Mahadev Temple in Dehradun.
While chatting with ANI, Shrimahant Ravindra Puri, Secretary of Mahanirvani Akhara and President of Akhil Bhartiya Akhara Parishad, stated, “Women and girls cannot enter these three temples wearing short clothes. These three temples come under Mahanirvani Akhara.” Puri has appealed to the ladies coming with their relations to return to the temples sporting such garments that cowl at the least 80 per cent of their physique.
Puri additionally backed Akhara’s Mahanirvani Akhara’s resolution by saying that this method is already in pressure in temples of South India and Maharashtra. He added, “Now this system is being implemented here also. So that the devotees coming to the temple do not face any uncomfortable situation,” including {that a} temple is a spot for introspection and never for leisure.
