{"id":10967,"date":"2016-07-15T02:07:23","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T02:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=10964&amp;preview_id=10964"},"modified":"2016-07-15T02:07:23","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T02:07:23","slug":"karnataka-temple-urges-visitors-to-follow-dress-code-the-hindu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=10967","title":{"rendered":"Karnataka temple urges visitors to follow \u2018dress code\u2019 &#8211; The Hindu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"body\">Following a demand by Ranaragini \u2014 a woman-only Hindutva group formed in April \u2014 the renowned Shree Mangaladevi temple in this coastal city of Karnataka has made a move to put in place a \u2018dress code\u2019 for temple visitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">Though the temple authorities say it is not compulsory, the \u2018A\u2019 grade temple under the Endowment Department has displayed a notice on its premises asking devotees to follow a \u2018dress code\u2019, but without defining it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">P. Ramanath Hegde, managing trustee of the temple management committee, told <i>The Hindu <\/i>that there was no compulsion for devotees to wear a certain dress, but the temple expected them to cover themselves fully. \u201cHowever, if anybody comes in a short dress, he or she will not be sent out,\u201d he said, adding that the purpose of displaying the board was to make devotees follow the code \u201cvoluntarily\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><b>Memorandum presented<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">Ranaragini presented a memorandum to the temple management committee on June 10 and the temple displayed the board at the entrance on July 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">Bhavani Prabhu of Ranaragini said the outfit had launched a movement to implement a dress code in temples to maintain \u201csanctity.\u201d A similar memorandum had been submitted to Kavoor Mahalingeshwara temple, which was yet to display a board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The group had plans to submit the memorandum to Sharavu Mahaganapathi temple in the city, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">\u201cWe explain the benefits of implementing a dress code and leave it to the temple to take a call,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">G. Hanumantha Kamath, social activist and president of Nagarika Hitarakshana Samiti, Mangaluru, said the temple had given scope for \u201cunnecessary exchange of words between the temple staff and devotees\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">Now the board had created confusion among devotees. \u201cLet them clearly state what the dress code is. Otherwise, the board should be removed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a demand by Ranaragini \u2014 a woman-only Hindutva group formed in April \u2014 the renowned Shree Mangaladevi temple in this coastal city of Karnataka has made a move to put in place a \u2018dress code\u2019 for temple visitors. Though the temple authorities say it is not compulsory, the \u2018A\u2019 grade temple under the Endowment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}