Hindu temples in southern India began turning away devotees wearing western clothes after a court order banning jeans and shorts as "inappropriate" for spiritual worship came into effect.
Floodwaters start receding from parts of the southern Indian city of Chennai (Madras), hours after it experienced a respite from rain.
A massive rescue operation is under way to reach stranded people in the flood-hit southern Indian city of Chennai (Madras).
Hindu temples in southern India began turning away devotees wearing western clothes after a court order banning jeans and shorts as "inappropriate" for spiritual worship came into effect.
Floodwaters start receding from parts of the southern Indian city of Chennai (Madras), hours after it experienced a respite from rain.
A massive rescue operation is under way to reach stranded people in the flood-hit southern Indian city of Chennai (Madras).