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V.Balasubramani
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Who says god likes topless men but not jeans?
At the steps leading to the imposing Padmanabha temple in Thiruvananthapuram, one is often likely to run into a comic costume drama - panic-stricken visitors, unfamiliar with southern attire, scrambling to drape themselves in dhotis freshly brought at neighbouring shops. Tucked into the waist-belt of trousers/jeans/shorts or hurriedly tied in a knot around the salwar and pulled over the kurta, they somehow manage the farce of being dressed as per the shrine's dress code - saris for women, skirts for girls and dhotis for shirtless men.
Neethika Varma, an undergraduate student from UP, is having anxious moments making sure the dhoti over her salwar doesn't tangle underfoot during the morning puja crush. "I was worried especially as I waded through the crowds and I barely managed a darshan because I was fretting about my clothes all the time. Insisting on a strict dress code like this can be tough for visitors from far," says Varma.
Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ss-men-but-not-jeans/articleshow/50513608.cms
At the steps leading to the imposing Padmanabha temple in Thiruvananthapuram, one is often likely to run into a comic costume drama - panic-stricken visitors, unfamiliar with southern attire, scrambling to drape themselves in dhotis freshly brought at neighbouring shops. Tucked into the waist-belt of trousers/jeans/shorts or hurriedly tied in a knot around the salwar and pulled over the kurta, they somehow manage the farce of being dressed as per the shrine's dress code - saris for women, skirts for girls and dhotis for shirtless men.
Neethika Varma, an undergraduate student from UP, is having anxious moments making sure the dhoti over her salwar doesn't tangle underfoot during the morning puja crush. "I was worried especially as I waded through the crowds and I barely managed a darshan because I was fretting about my clothes all the time. Insisting on a strict dress code like this can be tough for visitors from far," says Varma.
Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ss-men-but-not-jeans/articleshow/50513608.cms