A decision was taken in the first Maharashtra Temple Trustee Convention to implement a dress code for devotees entering temples in Nandurbar to maintain the sanctity of the temples. About 161 trustees and office bearers of 85 temples in the district and its vicinity, as well as members of the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, attended the convention held at Shri Dandpaneshwar Sansthan in the city. The convention was jointly organised by Maharashtra Temple Federation, Shri Dandpaneshwar Devasthan and Hindu Janajagruti Samiti.
The convention discussed maintaining the sanctity of temples. The issue of the sanctity of temples being threatened due to torn and short clothes was raised. When the decision to follow the dress code was taken, the attendees supported it. As a result, a dress code will soon be implemented in some temples in Dondaicha and Sakri talukas of Dhule district along with Nandurbar district. For this, meetings will now be organised at the taluka level. Hindu Janajagruti Samiti Maharashtra organiser Prashant Juvekar, industrialist Kishorebhai Vani, Manudevi Nyas President Chaudhary, Uddhav Maharaj, Khagendra Maharaj, Harshad Pathak, Prof Dr Satish Bagul etc. were present along with the priests and trustees of the temples in Nandurbar, Taloda, Shahada, Navapur, Prakasha, Sakri and Dondaicha areas.
The dress code in the temple is the rules regarding what clothes the devotees should wear and what they should avoid while entering the temple. According to the dress code, men are expected to wear traditional dhotis, pyjama-kurta or simple, neat clothes that cover the entire body. Women should wear sarees, salwars, kurtas, Punjabi dresses or traditional clothes. Indecent, torn clothes, transparent or very tight clothes, clothes with pictures or sentences that create religious divisions should not be worn.
"Imitation of western culture is increasing day by day. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain the sanctity of temples. Against this backdrop, for the first time in Nandurbar, a decision has been taken to implement a dress code in temples in a temple trustee meeting," said Prof Dr Satish Bagul (Hindu Janajagruti Samiti).
