'No Mini Skirts, Torn Jeans': Mathura's Banke Bihari Temple Imposes Dress Code For Devotees

The Banke Bihari Mandir in Mathura has implemented a dress code prohibiting devotees from wearing revealing or inappropriate clothing such as mini skirts and torn jeans.

The Banke Bihari Mandir in UP's Mathura has put up banner asking devotees to dress modestly while visiting the temple.

Source : ANI

The Shri Banke Bihari Mandir in Mathura town of Uttar Pradesh has come up with a banner outside the temple prescribing dress code for devotees desisting dresses like mini skirts and torn jeans. 

The temple has also asked devotees not to wear bermudas, night suits, and leather belts while coming to the temple. 

"All women and men should come to the temple wearing modest clothes," the banner read, adding, "This is a religious place and not a tourist spot."

While the dress code has been imposed by many temples in the Braj region, but its a first at the Banke Bihari temple.

#WATCH | Mathura: Shri Banke Bihari temple installs banners appealing to the devotees to enter the temple premises in traditional Indian dress only, prohibiting the entry of those dressed otherwise. pic.twitter.com/Tassd4Ltjl

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Last year, similar banners were put up across other temples in the Hindu pilgrimage town desisting devotees from wearing short or "indecent" clothes. 

Shree Ladleeji Maharaj temple in Barsana had issued similar guidelines in June last year with the authorities prohibiting “short and obscene” clothing inside the temple grounds, reported the Print. 

A temple official said that initially appeal was being made to the devotees but if the temple code continued to be violated then strict action would be taken, including denial of entry. 

Radharani temple in Barsana had also issued an order barring people from wearing half-pants, bermuda shorts, and mini skirts inside the temple, according to a PTI report.  

Radha Damodar temple in the town had also banned the entry of devotees wearing such clothes.

In Agra, the ancient Kailash Temple had imposed a ban on indecent clothes and asked women to come in sarees or salwar kurta while men were asked to wear dhoti or kurta pyjama.

On June 21, the management of Birua Badi temple in the state's Badaun district imposed a dress code for people visiting the temple, banning jeans, t-shirts, night suits, torn jeans, and other such dresses inside the temple.