Two devotees barred from Mahakal temple for one month\ Cutting cake in the templeIndore: The district administration in Ujjain has barred two women devotees from entering Mahakal temple premises for one month after it was found that they had cut a cake inside Nandi Grah and distributed it to other devotees and temple staff.The women, Sadhna Upadhyay and Nandani Joshi, had taken a cake inside the temple claiming that it was prasad, on May 7. The incident came to light after temple management committee scanned CCTV footage of the premises.“As soon as the issue came to our notice, chairman and manager of temple management committee sent a formal complaint against them to district administration. The temple management also transferred two women employees and an inspector at primary level,” assistant administrative officer of Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple Management Committee, S P Dixit said.Considering their action to be against temple decorum, the administration on Saturday decided to bar the women from entering temple premises for period of one month, under section 107 & 116 of IPC. They have also been asked to sign a bond, promising they will not carry out such actions again inside the temple and if they do, they will have to pay fine of Rs one lakh each.“This is the first time that I have witnessed such a case. If similar thing happens in the future, we will make sure the offender pays the bond amount,” ADM Ujjain, G S Dabur said.Reacting to administration’s decision, Nandani said that though they were regular visitors, they didn’t know about any such rules. “We didn’t want to hurt anyone’s sentiments. I was with Sadhna. It was her wedding anniversary and so she had brought a homemade cake.”She said that earlier a cake was served during 56 bhog and nobody had objected to it. “There is no sign or warning in the temple about what to take inside or not and neither did anyone stop us from taking it inside,” Nandani said.

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