Archive · 31 Jul 2026
Ram Temple Trust Enforces Uniform Dress Code for All Priests
The Ram Temple Trust decided that every priest who works at the temple must wear a special uniform.
The uniform is a yellow robe called a chaubandi, a dhoti, and a head scarf.
All 13 temporary priests at the six smaller temples now wear this uniform.
The trust gave each priest two sets for summer and two for winter.
Priests change into the uniform inside the temple and keep their own clothes in a special room.
The trust also added new lights to the temple’s interior and said there is no air conditioning inside the main shrine.
This helps visitors see the priests easily and keeps the temple looking nice.
Trust mandates yellow pitambari chaubandi, dhoti, and safa for all priests at Ram Temple complex.
13 temporary priests at six subsidiary temples now wear prescribed attire since July 1, 2024.
Each priest receives two summer and two winter uniform sets, with Trust emblem on chaubandi.
Priests change into uniform inside temple; personal clothes stored in dedicated facilities.
Trust also installed new lighting system for sanctum and clarified no air conditioning inside sanctum.
- Who
- Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust
- What
- Enforced a mandatory dress code for all priests at the Ram Temple complex
- When
- Enforcement began July 1, 2024; article published July 31, 2026
- Where
- Ram Temple complex, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Why
- To standardize priest appearance and aid devotees in identifying priests
- Trust
- Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust
- Dress Code
- Yellow pitambari chaubandi, dhoti, safa
- Number of Priests
- 13 temporary priests
- Uniform Sets
- 2 summer, 2 winter
- Lighting System
- New facade lighting by Havells