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Even Gandhiji Would Have Failed Varanasi Temple’s New Dress Code

If you’re not wearing a dhoti and kurta, or a saree, you won’t be allowed to touch the shivalinga in the temple.

Aroop Mishra
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Sorry, Bapu. No <i>sparsh-darshan </i>for you.
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Sorry, Bapu. No sparsh-darshan for you.
(Cartoon: Aroop Mishra/The Quint)
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The iconic Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi is all set to introduce a dress code for pilgrims wishing to touch the idol (sparsh-darshan). If you’re not wearing a dhoti and kurta, or a saree, you will not be allowed to touch the shivalinga in the temple’s sanctum sanctorum.

So, you see, even Bapu would have probably failed this new dress code!

Sorry, Bapu. No sparsh-darshan for you.(Cartoon: Aroop Mishra/The Quint)

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