Kainchi Dham Temple, popularly known as the Neem Karori Baba’s temple is one of the most revered sites for the Hindus. In order to maintain the sanctity of the temple, the temple administration has issued a notice in which they have said that entry of those who would be wearing indecent or inappropriate or revealing clothes will be prohibited.
The board of the temple has placed a notice outside in which iot has mentioned, “”All devotees coming to visit the holy shrine of Sri Kainchi Dham are kindly requested to refrain from entering the temple premises wearing ‘disrespectful’ and ‘indecent’ attire, while maintaining the sacredness of the temple.”
The decision to define the dress code was taken at a meeting of the trust. The temple administration in the past had already imposed a ban on photography and videography at the temple.
What are the clothes that are prohibited in the temples?
Most of the temples have set the dress code which the devotees must adhere to. The clothes that are prohibited are:
- Revealing clothes
- Night suits
- Torn jeans
- Tight jeans
- Half pants
- Western dresses
- Lowers
Know the other temples where dress code is being applied
Some of the other temples where the trust or the administration has taken stringent steps to ensure that the devotees are properly dressed include the Naina Devi Temple in Naintal. Similar sign board that was placed outside Kainchi Dham was already placec there asking the devotees to ensure that they do not wear clothes that lower the dignity and sanctity of the temple and those who would be wearing such clothes would not be allowed to enter the temple.
Some of the other temples In Uttarakhand where such a ban has been imposed are:
- Daksheshwar Mahadev Temple in Haridwar
- Neelkanth mahadev temple in Rishikesh
Madhya Pradesh’s historic Swaminarayan Temple too had set the dress code to ‘preserve ancient culture and traditions.’ Swaminarayan Temple’s priest, Rajendra Prasad had said that the current trend of wearing revealing clothing might be appreciated by the youth. However, in the long run its impact is detrimental.
Other temples like Tuljabhavani temple in Tuljapur Pune, Shree Ladleeji Maharaj temple in Barsana, Awe Wali Mata temple (Jammu), Gopalkrishna Mandir at Gorakshan Sabha campus( Dhantoli), Sankatmochan Hanuman Mandir ( Belori), Brihaspati Mandir in Chauki (Kanholibara), and Durga Mata Mandir at Hill Top are also adopting the proposed ‘vastra sanhita’ dress code.
