Ofcourse, in a place of worship people should be decently & modestly dressed, but that doesn't mean that a dress code be enforced.
Isn't a saree blouse 'figure hugging'? What makes 'jeans' different from normal trousers? In what way are jeans inappropriate?
The saree attire & also the gagra choli is a graceful Indian dress, but these too are revealing. It is a fact that the saree blouse IS 'figure hugging' & also the waist is exposed in both the above outfits.
Men are FORCED to be bare their bodies while ladies are forced to cover their entire bodies. How come the feminists aren't protesting this?
Hey! No way are women going to enter bare. Then it wouldn't be a place of worship at all !! On the other hand, the men should protest if they are forced to "expose".
Why not have a whole body covering cloak like a burkha that is to be worn by all genders when entering ANY holy place? No discrimination. We could have Pink burkhas for the females and Blue burkhas for the males - just so the outfits don't get mixed up.
Ha Ha Ha !! Not a bad suggestion!
What about the Kumbh Mela and the thousands of naked sadhus there. Is that attire appropriate?
I had heard about this Kumbh Mela & didn't take much interest in knowing what it was earlier, but just last year I read the article & saw pictures as well in one of the magazines, not sure which one "Outlook" "The Week" or "India Today" --- whichever it is --- but what I saw & read there was totally disgusting - supposedly worshipping in the nude!! Is that an acceptable form of worship or paganism is more appropriate to call it.
Banning vulgar and inappropriate BEHAVIOR in a place of worship is perfectly acceptable. But to impose some prudish criteria, of what is acceptable ATTIRE for worship, is stretching the line a bit too far. The clothes one wears to work and to the market are acceptable to the public norms. I don't think the Gods will object if we wear the same clothes while worshipping.
I fully agree to that.
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Bride banned for showing too much cleavage
Similar cases have happened in Goa too, but the priests haven't gone to the extreme of banning the marriage. I have heard of a number of cases where at the nuptials, the bride was wearing a deep front neck gown & the priest gave her a cloth to cover herself with. In one incident that happened just a few months ago, the priest made the bride cover her exposed cleavage & told her that she's not supposed to show her body to him & to others, but only to her husband from her wedding night onwards. And I too agree to what he says. I don't see any point wasting so much money to make a long gown & a long trail sweeping the ground & exposing parts which are meant to be covered. The same material could be utilized to stitch a more modest gown.
As far as I know, the groom's people go along with the bride to the tailor for stitching the gown & for the dress trial, so how come they don't object & suggest an alteration to the pattern the bride chooses? Either they feel bad to comment or they are encouraging her to dress immodestly.
Luiza de Mello
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