'Put up non-Hindus not allowed inside temples beyond flag post boards'

THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered the state government and Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR and CE) department to install sign boards in all Hindu temples in Tamil Nadu, reading "Non-Hindus are not allowed inside temple beyond Kodimaram".

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Multiple boards should be installed at the entrance of temples, near the kodimaram (flagstaff), and at other prominent places in the temple, the court said. Justice S Srimathy also directed the state government not to allow "non-Hindus who do not believe in Hindu religion" (into temples). The judge, however, said that if any nonHindu wishes to visit a particular deity in a temple, authorities may permit the person after obtaining an undertaking from him or her t