let us not start a hindu-muslim-other relegions debate here. As far as I know, Muslims, Christians etc has a ritual by which a person embraces that particular relegion. But for Hindus, they become Hindus by belief. The word "Hindu" itself means 'one who believes and respects nature'. So if any person enters a temple to worship the deity there, he is a hindu for that time he believes in its idiology. But I cannot blame the thanthri for what he has done. he has just followed the existing rule, otherwise he will be tarnished as a law breaker. Also look into the recent happenings in Kerala - it is the same persons who are opposing demolishing of their own party offices built on encroached land, who are opposing a person who stictly adhered to rules - whether it is wrong or right.
