Temple wear

Temple wear

In Kerala temples have dress codes .

Generally up to central Kerala pants are allowed for men but no lungi or at times half shorts or jeans one exception being Padmanabhapuram temple in Trivandrum where dhoti or mundu is a must.

In most north Kerala temples dhoti is a must no pants allowed.

Guruvayur is well known for this .

But Thriprayar just 20 km away allows one to wear pants .

Today I wore mundu or dhoti till the Akilanam Siva temple near Pattambi .

But when I reached Dhanvantri temple in Nelluvayi in Thrissur dt pants were fine.

Generally, all temples of Kerala insist men to remove shirts in sanctum sanctorum or inner temples,Guruvayur and Padmanabhan Swamy temples can be entered only with a bare chest .

Women too have dress codes like churidars are not allowed in Padmanabha Swamy temple Guruvayur etc saree or mundu worn by females like a sari.

No head cover is needed unlike in Gurdwaras or mosques.

Of course no slippers or footwear in any temple.

Wearing a dhoti on travel has so many practical issues if one isn't used to it it could slip at inopportune moments which even God won't like to see

But seasoned wearers like me that is hardly the issue, I am long beyond that phase as I can fold unfold retire all with just one hand unless you are running away from a dog and you slip on your dhoti its accident-free with excellent ventilation.

The advantage of pants is its pockets, where one can carry the wallet the handkerchief, comb, and maybe some emergency snacks! Of course mobile in it .

Now I hear dhotis with pockets are available.

The shirtless phase makes one wish for less lard and more muscles

I look more like a lump of butter

Shirts do hide all those grotesque fat globules of the upper half of body.