BHUBANESWAR: Men and women in ripped jeans, sleeveless t-shirts and western outfits will not be allowed to enter the Jagannath Temple in Puri from January 1, 2024, with the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) on Monday appealing to devotees to maintain utmost decency in their attires while offering prayers to the deities.
“Though we have not introduced any dress code, we want devotees to wear very decent, palatable and unobjectionable clothes in the place of worship. Temple is neither a park nor a beach. From January 1, we plan to stop devotees who are found wearing distasteful clothes,” said SJTA’s chief administrator Ranjan Kumar Das after convening a meeting with other officials and servitors on Monday.
