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OFFICE OF THE MAGISTRATE OF ABU,
No. 2591 G. of 1913-.
THE GENERAL SECRETARIES, Shri Jain Shvetamber Conference,
Pydhonie, Bombay: Dated Mount Abu, the roth October, 1913. Dear Sir,
Please refer to the correspondencë ending with my No. 2237, dated the ist September 1913, regarding the wearing of boots and shoes by visitors to the Dilwara Temples Mount Abu.
I now inform you that Government of India are of opinion that visitors to the temples should remove their leather or shoes on entering as desired by the temple authorities, who should now be instructed in that sense and directed to provide for visitors a sufficient number of felt or canvass shoes to meet ordinary requirements.
This concession now granted by the Government of India applies solely to Dilwara Temples and in no way affects the usuage regarding footwear prevalent in Jain or Hindu Temples in other parts of India.
Yours faithfully, (Sd.) W. G. NEALE COPTAIN, I. A.
Magistrate of Abu.
