India temple makes sari mandatory for foreign women
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A temple in northern India has asked female foreign tourists to use a sari to "cover themselves and look decent" before entering the complex.
The Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi city has opened a new counter to provide saris for women who come in "outfits that end before the knee".
The temple authorities said the new measures had been taken to maintain decency in the temple complex.
But they denied that the temple was imposing a formal dress code on women.
"We get complaints that some foreign tourists come to the temple in indecent clothes. We have arranged saris for women and also dhotis (traditional wrap-around clothing) for men to ensure that they can cover themselves decently," the temple's chief executive officer P N Dwivedi told BBC Hindi.
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