Bikinis in Puri?

You can add one or two of the tourist beaches of Kerala, but there will still be starers.

Please consider what might be an even better reason for covering your skin under our fierce tropical sunshine: skin cancer.

Puri is a place of religious significance and it will be considered inappropriate to wear not just bikini, but anything revealing.That should be the end of this discussion!

So now you have got the idea that there is not way you can wear bikini in Puri. But one of the best places to go for it and certainly no restrictions are couple of isolated beaches in gokarna, southern goa, kovalam (its strange there, indian girl in bikini is frowned upon, while for westerners its okie).
There are private resort beaches in kerala near cochin where you should not face any problem.

Source: "that's private"

So Naga Babas are not permitted in/near Puri?

In their case, it's the other way round, they cannot reveal any cloths. So they are not permitted go to beach with any sort of clothing on.

So religious beliefs/perceptions are an intangible? All skin exposure may not be viewed in the same 'light'?

You are right, I would not like to view any exposure by humans of my clan, but as for other half, the more light there is, the better will it be.

Very enlightening!

if u are staying away from crowd say in CT road hotels, u can wear bikinis that too during day or else in your hotel swimming pool

I take it that the Konark temples never had any religious significance! Or perhaps sculpture of any nature is merely art!

As long as they don't move around ...
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Apart from the skin cancer, of course.

Such people are as different to Western tourists as my breast-exhibiting elderly lady of the other day is. No, the same rules do not apply to all people!

So, if a neckline falls in the forest and nobody sees it, it didn't really plunge.

Indeed.

What a waste, eh?

uuffff...
:brishti

Criminal.

err, ref to post above, are those ladies drowning?