Dress code in Tamil Nadu temples stayed till Jan 18
The bennch granted the stay till January 18 on the basis of a writ appeal filed by the state government which argued that it was not possible to enforce a dress code on visitors at temples.
The Madras High Court in Decmber, 2015 had ordered enforcing the dress code.
According to a notice board outside the Palani temple, male devotees have been advised to wear dhoti, shirt, pyjama or pant and shirt while women and girls should wear saris or churidhar or 'pavadai' with half-sari.
Devotees wearing lungi, bermudas, jeans and tight-leggings would not be allowed, it said. Other major shrines which have put up notice boards about the dress code included the Rameswaram and Meenakshi temples.
The High Court had directed the state government and Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department to implement dress code for devotees coming to offer worship in temples.
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