Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on March 29 condemned denial of permission to a non-Hindu Bharatanatyam dancer for a performance at a Kerala temple. “I understand some restrictions in some temples about access to sanctum sanctorum. But this is a dance performance with other dancers in the temple premises. Shocked that the temple is not allowing this. I believe that it serves our society ill and also damages the perception of our religion in the eyes of others,” said Shashi Tharoor.