Court: Curbs On Entry Of Non- Hindus Will Ensure Communal Harmony.

'A temple is not a tourist or picnic spot', Madras high court said Tuesday, and directed Tamil Nadu's Hindu religious and charitable endowments department to install boards at all shrines in the state mentioning that "non-Hindus are not allowed inside the temple beyond the kodimaram (flagpole)".

"If any non-Hindu visits a temple, then the authorities shall obtain an undertaking from the person declaring that s/he had faith in the deity and would follow the customs and practices of Hindu religion and also abide by the temple's customs. Such undertakings shall be entered in a register maintained by the temple authorities", Justice S Srimathy ruled.