Only in India
April 10th, 2007 | Published in travel | 11 Comments
I asked at my favourite India travel forum for advice about entering a Hindus-only temple in India (I’m just curious), the same one which refused to allow Lord Curzon and Indira Gandhi to enter (as she married a Parsi). This was the answer I received: try to wear a local made saree and cover your head so much that it’s hard to see your face and enter with a priest( you can hire from your hotel) … you may able to enter.
Price of saree: 100 rupees
Price of priest: 200 rupees
Price of long shawl to “cover my head so much it’s hard to see my face”: 50 rupees
Jagannath Mandir’s 6000 employees (or 20 000 other temple workers) noticing a Chinese girl with a big camera under her saree, who tries to throw the camera to the hired priest and hurriedly wrap shawl around head when caught: priceless





