Ayyappa devotees object to dress code enter Ayyappa temple with shirt on
Ayyappa devotees object to dress code
enter Ayyappa temple with shirt on
Amidst dress code introduced in places of worship in Kerala and Tamil Nadu for men not to enter temple in shirt yet some devotees dont seem to understand the sanctity in temples.
On Sunday a group of people entered a Lord Ayyappa temple in Pathanamthitta in Kerala. without removing their shirts, protesting against the long-standing practice that requires male devotees to do so before entering the shrine.
Visuals showed the protesters — members of the SNDP Samyuktha Samara Samithi — forming a queue in front of the shrine in Perunadu managed by the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) and offering prayers without removing their shirts.
The protest went off without incident, as neither the police nor the temple management objected.
The protesters later demanded a permanent end to the practice.
News Edit KV Raman
