Lucknow: Priests of Ayodhya Ram Temple now wear yellow clothes. The temple trust issued guidelines including thti. The use of phones is prohibited in the temple.
Earlier, Poojaris wore saffron kurta, dhoti and turban. Some of the priests had also arrived with yellow dress. A special dress was introduced for the priests to identify them quickly. Mobile phone ban is part of security.
The Ram temple has a chief priest and four assistant priests. There will be 20 trainees to help them. Puja time in the temple is from 3.30 am to 11 pm. The trust says that each team of priests should spend five hours on the temple’s rituals.
Sanatana Dharma says that priests should wear clothes that cover their head and hands. Santhosh Kumar Tiwari, one of the fellow priests said that the new dress code has been fixed as follows. The temple trust gave training to all the priests in the new style of dress, including the turban.
