Madras HC bars non-Hindus with faith markers from Agamic temples without pledge

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ruled that non-Hindus wearing other religions' markers cannot enter even the premises of Agamic temples unless they affirm reverence for the deity in the prescribed format. Earlier, such declarations applied only to going beyond the flagstaff. Justices GR Swaminathan and P Murugan's order is not an outright ban on such markers.