In a statement, Mohan Gowda, convener of the Karnataka Devasthana-Matha Mattu Dharmika Sansthegala Mahasangha , said, "Today, when the dress code is enforced in the temples, some progressives, rationalists, proponents of freedom of expression are crying hoarse; but they do not object to the clothes of Christian pastors who wear white trouser robes, mullahs-clerics who wear short pyjamas or Muslim women who wear black veils."