TAMIL NADU, INDIA, December 11, 2015 (by Ayub Dawood, ScoopWhoop): While religion is considered as a very personal thing for an individual, certain regulations regarding public worship have been in place for a while and have also invited criticism in recent times. Now, the Madras High Court has come out with a verdict, introducing a dress code for temple goers in Tamil Nadu, asking men to wear dhoti and a shirt or a pyjama with upper cloth, while women should wear a sari or a half-sari or churidhar with upper cloth, as reported by The Asian Age.
The Times Of India reported Justice S. Vaidyanathan of the Madurai bench saying, “The main objective of prescribing a dress code to devotees is to restrict some of them visiting the temple wearing improper clothing.” The judge also cited examples from Christianity and Islam calling for proper attire.