Judge S. Vaidyanathan’s was concerned over improper clothes worn by many people during temple visits. So he said that from January 1, ‘men should wear a dhoti or pyjama with upper cloth or formal pants and shirts and women should wear a sari or a half-sari or churidhar with upper cloth,’ and for children, ‘any fully-covered dress.’
This order is supposed to be implemented in all temples coming under the Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Department until the State government takes a policy decision on the issue in order “to enhance the spiritual ambience."
Does that judge actually realise how stupid the idea is?, to be truthful I am happy he came up with the idea, this might actually cause less people to go to temples and more people to realise how conformist organised religions are, how they have always been just society's way of pressing their so called righteousness in to people using the fear in a god but this would not stop here, the so called cultural crusader will keep on implementing more and more closed minded laws without even realising culture changes with time, finally making the whole state inhabitable.
I mean what does "spritual experience" has got anything to do with dress code?, if a God does exist aren't all people equal before him or her?, is a tight leggings or a shorts going to prevent god from blessing his supposed children, does that mean everyone has to change in to dhoti or a chuddidar everytime they feel like praying?.
I understand this is strictly about maintaing the sacredness of public worships, but how is a dress that is appropriate in buses, roads, hospitals and every other public place be not appropriate in a temple, where even physical forms are supposed to be considered meaningless?. The god is supposed to have created the body, how is that impure to him, clothes were created by men if "the god" does exist he would probably consider dresses to be impure.
Were all Saints, sadhus, well dressed?, they wore from little to no clothes, were they hindering the spritual ambiance of temples, was chuddidar and sarees, kurthas, always available for the men and women of the past, come on that could not have been possible at all. Blouses were not even invented till the 19 century!!, do you think they were fully covered, have anyone even seen how the women statues are dressed in temples, are they appropriately dressed to bring out your spritual ambiance?.
How are lungi and dhoti any different?, how are chuddidar and leggins different, this dress code idea is discrimination, and a clear violation of human rights.
