'Temple can't bar American Hindu merely over name'

In direction to HR&CE dept, Madras HC says Hinduism doesn't mandate conversion proof

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COMING to the rescue of an American woman who was denied entry into the Abishta Varadharajaperumal temple in Thanjavur despite her claim that she professed the Hindu religion, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently directed the HR&CE department not to deny her any right that is available to a Hindu woman devotee in any temple, including the aforementioned one, subject to the customs, agamas and regulations.