Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:Yeah, but the usual guys in the bus will still be going to temples (look at the guy next to the girls).

Seriously, the dress code is a good idea. Hopefully, AP will do the same.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:i understand the objection to shorts, but what do they have against jeans? if dress pants are allowed, why not jeans?

confuzzled dude wrote:Alright! Hinduism has come a long-way, from having erotic carvings/sculptures displayed on temple walls to this, a sign of progressiveness, I guess.

Seva Lamberdar wrote:Dress code in temples is a tricky thing, considering many men in the temples, especially the pujaries / priests, don't wear anything above their waists. What if the women say that they want to do the same (go topless in temples) under the equality of dress for men and women?

truthbetold wrote:Churches have dress code in practice. It is based in culture.

Temples should derive their dress code from congregation behaviour. I am not comfortable with a court prescribing a state wide dress code. This particular judge did not do anything particularly out of normal.

In India,  civil society and political establishment abdicate their responsibility to develop cultural and legal norms. This forces courts to step in areas beyond its jurisdiction. Sometimes this can lead to unwanted consequences.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

confuzzled dude wrote:Alright! Hinduism has come a long-way, from having erotic carvings/sculptures displayed on temple walls to this, a sign of progressiveness, I guess.

Blame it on your iSlam and their Burkha culture. Hinduism is just reacting. Remove the stinking "Source" of the problem and the world will have very little problem.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

truthbetold wrote:Churches have dress code in practice. It is based in culture.

Temples should derive their dress code from congregation behaviour. I am not comfortable with a court prescribing a state wide dress code. This particular judge did not do anything particularly out of normal.

In India,  civil society and political establishment abdicate their responsibility to develop cultural and legal norms. This forces courts to step in areas beyond its jurisdiction. Sometimes this can lead to unwanted consequences.

In TN, Hindu temples are administered by the state govt. That comes with many benefits including funds for upkeep of the premises, but also has downsides, one of which is lconceding temple governance to the state govt, rather than a public trust.

truthbetold wrote:

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

truthbetold wrote:Churches have dress code in practice. It is based in culture.

Temples should derive their dress code from congregation behaviour. I am not comfortable with a court prescribing a state wide dress code. This particular judge did not do anything particularly out of normal.

In India,  civil society and political establishment abdicate their responsibility to develop cultural and legal norms. This forces courts to step in areas beyond its jurisdiction. Sometimes this can lead to unwanted consequences.

In TN, Hindu temples are administered by the state govt. That comes with many benefits including funds for upkeep of the premises, but also has downsides, one of which is lconceding temple governance to the state govt, rather than a public trust.

In AP , endowment dept looks after hindu temples through a govt appointed trustee board.  So essentially it is the same in most states.  In AP, most major temples are economically self sufficient and they can help other temples.

Govt oversight was probably needed in 1950 for opening the temples to wider public. Trustees of that era short on public trust and India had to deal with the problem of temple entry to untouchables.  Congress govts (over past 60 years) propensity to use temple trusteeship as rewards for political cronies reduced temples to govt depts with institutional corruption.

The temple entry issue (harijan entry) is resolved (except for few isolated temples ).  Most major temples are financially well supported by devotees.  However, trustee mechanism lacks public trust.  A democratic trustee system should be developed with active participation of devotees.If such a democratic system makes decisions on dress code and temple fund investment,  public will support the system.

Chairman of the Board Chadalavada Krishnamurthy is a former TDP MLA from Tirupati, while several board members, including Kolla Lalitha Kumari, Pilli Ananta Lakshmi from Andhra Pradesh and Sandra Venkata Veeraiah as well as G Sayanna from Telangana happen to be members of the ruling TDP.

Among others, K Raghavendra Rao is a veteran Telugu movie director who made several devotional films.

truthbetold wrote:
CD,

Unlike Islam, Srigaram is considered a normal human emotion in Indian culture(unlike desert cultures). How does that disqualify a person from Temple trust?

It should also be noted that you failed to mention that K. Raghavendra Rao made widely acclaimed movies about singer/composer/devotee of lord Vishnu - Annamayya (closely tied to Tirupati temple) and Ramadasu.

confuzzled dude wrote:

truthbetold wrote:
CD,

Unlike Islam, Srigaram is considered a normal human emotion in Indian culture(unlike desert cultures). How does that disqualify a person from Temple trust?

It should also be noted that you failed to mention that K. Raghavendra Rao made widely acclaimed movies about singer/composer/devotee of lord Vishnu - Annamayya (closely tied to Tirupati temple) and Ramadasu.

Haha! Changing tunes when TDP govt's biases in appointing TTD board are exposed?