Goa temple bans foreigners over skimpy dress
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Foreign tourists have been banned from visiting a prominent Hindu temple in Goa because of their inappropriate clothing and behaviour.Officials at the Mahalasa Narayani temple in Mardol were quoted in an AFP report as saying the move came after complaints from worshippers about scantily-clad women sightseers.Two other historic temples – in Mangueshi village and Ramnathi in Ponda – have separately introduced a strict dress code, the report said.”We are not against the foreigners but their dresses and conduct in the temple is highly objectionable because of which temple management has decided to ban them,” Mahalasa Narayani President Vinod Kamat was quoted saying.Some 400,000 foreigners travel to Goa every year, the report said.
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