New Yellow Dress Code for Ayodhya Ram Mandir Priests; Smartphone Ban, 5-Hour Shifts Among Other Dos and Don’ts

The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, which manages the Ayodhya Ram Temple, has introduced bright yellow-coloured safa (headgear), chabandi (kurta) and dhoti for the priests, replacing the traditional saffron robes. Priests are now also barred from carrying smartphones into the garbhagriha or sanctum sanctorum