“don the little hat to tour the temple in India”??
What ‘little hat’ are you referring to? Maybe you are mixing up Jewish temples with Hindu temples?
No I’m not.
At first it was planned that Obama would visit one of the great Hindu Temples while in India. He would have been required to wear a head covering while there. A Baseball cap would be a no-no. It was said he canceled the visit because of the head covering making him look “Muslim”. So now he takes his shoes off.
I went and found the article where I got the news.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/10/is-obama-skipping-temple-over-headgear.html
“......The New York Times, citing an unnamed American official involved in the trip’s planning, reports that the president will not stop at the Golden Temple, a Sikh holy site and one of the country’s most popular tourist attractions, because visitors typically wear headscarves, turbans or Muslim caps.......”