<p>Ratlam (MP): Devotees clad in "skimpy western dress" and shorts will not be allowed to enter Goddess Kalika temple in Ratlam city of Madhya Pradesh, its priest said.</p>.<p>"Devotees dressed in western and skimpy attire and shorts (half pants) won't be allowed to enter the temple to protect its sanctity," priest Rajendra Sharma told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Several plaques mentioning the type of banned clothes are put up around this four-century-old temple.</p>.Devotees beaten up at Haridwar's Dakshin Kali temple, video surfaces online.<p>"Any devotee clad in indecent dress won't be allowed to enter the temple or the sanctum sanatorium," Sharma said, adding that such devotees can have a darshan from outside.</p>.<p>The temple is looked after by the Ratlam district administration under the Court of Wards Act.</p>.<p>"I have learnt the temple management committee's decision to ban the western outfits," tehsildar Rishabh Thakur said.</p>.<p>Sharma claimed King Ratan Singh, who carved Ratlam, had built this temple 400 years ago and consecrated the clan goddess.</p>.<p>Welcoming the decision, a devotee said the western attire is an attack on India's rich culture and Sanatan dharma.</p>.<p>Besides the reigning deity, idols of Maa Chamunda and Maa Annapurna are also consecrated in the temple, frequent by a huge number of devotees from Ratlam and elsewhere.</p>.<p>A garba festival is organised on the temple premises during Navratri.</p>
<p>Ratlam (MP): Devotees clad in "skimpy western dress" and shorts will not be allowed to enter Goddess Kalika temple in Ratlam city of Madhya Pradesh, its priest said.</p>.<p>"Devotees dressed in western and skimpy attire and shorts (half pants) won't be allowed to enter the temple to protect its sanctity," priest Rajendra Sharma told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Several plaques mentioning the type of banned clothes are put up around this four-century-old temple.</p>.Devotees beaten up at Haridwar's Dakshin Kali temple, video surfaces online.<p>"Any devotee clad in indecent dress won't be allowed to enter the temple or the sanctum sanatorium," Sharma said, adding that such devotees can have a darshan from outside.</p>.<p>The temple is looked after by the Ratlam district administration under the Court of Wards Act.</p>.<p>"I have learnt the temple management committee's decision to ban the western outfits," tehsildar Rishabh Thakur said.</p>.<p>Sharma claimed King Ratan Singh, who carved Ratlam, had built this temple 400 years ago and consecrated the clan goddess.</p>.<p>Welcoming the decision, a devotee said the western attire is an attack on India's rich culture and Sanatan dharma.</p>.<p>Besides the reigning deity, idols of Maa Chamunda and Maa Annapurna are also consecrated in the temple, frequent by a huge number of devotees from Ratlam and elsewhere.</p>.<p>A garba festival is organised on the temple premises during Navratri.</p>