People who visit temples now cannot take their cellphones inside. This is a recent regulation issued by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments department of the state and it applies to all major temples in the state for now.
This is to ensure that people in temples can focus on the rituals and have a seamless darshan and not be irritated by people either talking or watching videos on their phones.
This is applicable now to Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple.
A booth located alongside the east wall of the temple, south of the gopuram has been created for this purpose. You need to deposit the cellphone here; a fee of Rs.5 is charged.
- By BaskarSeshadri
Yes, they are going to earn more this way. It is not sage to hand over phone at one counter while we may exit the other side if required. Instead they should make provisions and tighten security to not take phones outside in the temple, yes too much confidential information and how will they guarantee safety for outside visitors, we cannot leave them in vehicle as well.
Self-service lockers will be ideal to ensure privacy as well as security of valuables instead of handing over mobile phones (which has a lot of personal and confidential info) to a stranger blindly.