Non-Hindus Wearing Religious Markers Can't Enter Agamic Temples Without Affirming Reverence: Madras High Court

Wednesday, 28 October 2026Newsdesk

The key change is that the ruling goes beyond the existing system, under which non-Hindus seeking to cross the flagstaff only were required to affirm their faith in the deity and agree to follow temple customs.

New Delhi 28 October 2026

As per news report of NDTV,The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ruled that non-Hindus sporting religious markers of other faiths and not affirming reverence for the deity concerned cannot be allowed even into the premises of Agamic temples, extending existing restrictions beyond the areas around the flagstaff.

Source - NDTV