Maha Kumbh 2025 | New 'Hindu Code of Conduct’ to be released in Prayagraj bars weddings at night, claims everyone is 'Hindu by birth'

The code has also termed female foeticide as a ‘sin’ and barred any kind of dowry in marriages.

Lucknow: A new ‘Hindu Code of Conduct’, prepared by the Kashi Vidvat Parishad, containing the do’s and don’ts for the followers of the Sanatan Dharma, will be released at the ongoing Maha Kumbh at Prayagraj.

The Kashi Vidvat Parishad is an acclaimed academic body based in Varanasi that works for preserving and promoting the Vedic knowledge systems.

According to the reports, the ‘Hindu Code of Conduct’, which runs into 300-pages, will be discussed at the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) sponsored meeting of the saints and seers beginning at the Maha Kumbh from Saturday.

There were plans to print thousands of copies of the Code of Conduct and distribute them among the devotees at the Mahakumbh after it was ‘ratified’ by the saints, who would include the Shankaracharyas, at the meeting.

Though the contents of the ‘Code of Conduct’, which was prepared after wide ranging discussions with the Vedic scholars, seers from across the country in the past 15 years, were not made public, Jeetendrananada Saraswati, general secretary of the All India Sant Samiti, said that it contained the guidelines for the followers of the Sanatan Dharma on how to conduct their social life and rituals.

The ‘code of conduct’ bars weddings at nights and advocates for marriages during the day time stating that weddings in the presence of the Sun were considered the ‘best’ in the Sanatan Dharma.

It has also termed female foeticide as a ‘sin’ and barred any kind of dowry in marriages. ‘’The new code makes women equal to men in all respects and also allows them to conduct yajna (a ritual by fire),’’ said a seer, associated with the Samiti.

The code has also made it clear that untouchability on the basis of caste has never been part of the Vedic traditions and was the result of ‘slavery’ and as such there is no bar on the entry of members of the scheduled caste community into the temples.

In a significant step, the new code has made the process of ‘ghar wapsi’ (a term used by the saffron activists for the people re-converting to Hinduism) easy. ‘’Anyone who wants to return to Hinduism can do so as everyone, according to the Shastras, is a Hindu by birth,’’ the seer said.

Reports said that the new code has been made after taking examples from the ‘Puranas’ and other ancient Hindu scriptures and it laid more emphasis on ‘Karma’.