Hindu bodies differ on allowing men to wear shirt in Kerala temples
The HinduMajor Hindu organisations in Kerala are divided over a suggestion to let men wear shirts while entering temples in the State. Sree Narayana Dharma Sangham Trust president Swami Sathchidananda has given a call to end the practice of men removing shirts in temples, terming it “regressive”. Backing the trust head, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said his words “echoed the reformist thought, life, and message of Sree Narayana Guru.” While the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam, an organisation of the majority Ezhava community, has decided to renew its call permitting men to wear shirts, the Nair Service Society has left it to the discretion of individual temple authorities. However, NSS general secretary G. Sukumaran Nair said there was “no uniformity” in such practices in the Kerala temples managed by the organisation. Prasanth, president of the Travancore Devaswom Board, said while men are allowed to enter temples like Sabarimala wearing shirts, it was not the case with some major temples namely the ones at Karikkakom and Eattumanoor.
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