Now Shrine workers can keep their underwear on

Employees counting donations at the Sabarimala hill Hindu shrine in Kerala state of India shall no longer have to take off their underpants at work after the local human rights commission intervened.

Earlier temple authorities had imposed the dress code at the shrine five years ago after thefts were reported from the shrine's strongroom.

Employees in the vault, all of whom were men, were made to work topless wearing only a dhoti -- a cotton wrap worn around the waist -- with nothing underneath. Read more...............................Indian shrine workers to keep their underwear on

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