more-inThe visit of a group of Christian nuns to Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam on Tuesday evening caused a flutter on social media. The visit raised a furore after allegations were made on a social networking site that the nuns in their religious attire started to pray taking out their rosaries while inside the temple . Officials of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department said the nuns had come from Kerala as tourists and were indeed in their religious attire, but did not pray with rosaries inside the temple. Temple officials said the nuns were politely asked to leave the premises as they were in their religious attire. Although people of other faiths, including foreign nationals, were permitted inside the temple, they were not allowed beyond the Aryapadaal entrance.

Source: The Hindu May 09, 2018 19:53 UTC