women wearing jeans

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Mr. Balaji wrote:

> i have never come across any women who wears

> jeans and at the same time is a strict follower of ramanuja

> sampradaya.

 

Dear Balaji:

 

You clearly need to be exposed to more women in our tradition.

Both my wife and sister regularly wear jeans and I rarely find

more serious followers of Sri Ramanuja sampradAya, particularly

in the West.

 

Once again, can you please tell us if you eschew shirts and

pants and wear vEshti and uttarIyam regularly? Do you require a

sikhA (kuDumi) of men, just as you require women to not cut

their hair? I simply wonder why your comments are all directed

at women and not at all at men.

 

If people feel there is any further philosophical merit to

this discussion, I suppose it can go on, but I would prefer we

wrap this topic up soon.

 

P.S. to Sri Mohan Sagar: I agree with your recommendation that

Sri Vaishnavas wear thirumaN and SrIchUrNam (women included)

whenever possible, particularly on religious occasions. It also

contributes to the Sri Vaishnava 'lakshaNam' to see people

traditionally dressed at temples. However, more often than not,

it is the men who come dressed casually, in shorts and a t-shirt,

with their wives and daughters coming on saris and pAvadais.

 

Which is why I find it surprising and irksome that Mr. Balaji's

sees the root of all problems in women wearing jeans.

 

Mani