Short answer: Jain maryada is state-based, not gender-based. Anyone who cannot maintain ritual cleanliness and apramatta (carefulness) should refrain from entering the temple sanctum or touching scriptures—this applies equally to women and men.

Practical guidance from traditional Jain conduct (for all genders):

• Active bleeding or discharge: If there is an active nosebleed, open wound, or any blood/fluids that can soil puja upkarans or granths, wait until it stops, bathe, wear clean clothes, and then do darshan/puja. Do not touch scriptures or murtis while bleeding.
• Cough/cold/fever: If you are coughing/sneezing such that droplets may fall on the mandir area, puja items, or others, avoid entering or at least do only distant darshan without touching anything. This follows ahimsa (avoiding harm to even minute life) and samiti (careful conduct). If unwell, it is better to stay home and do bhav‑puja and swadhyay there.
• Menstruation: Traditionally treated as a temporary aśaucha (ritual non‑cleanliness). Women refrain from temple puja and touching scriptures during active days. This is about ritual hygiene, not moral impurity.
• Touching scriptures: Only with clean, dry hands; no active bleeding, cough spray, or saliva contact. If any such risk exists, abstain until fully clean.

Sect and local maryada:

• Digambar and Shvetambar both uphold dravya‑shuddhi (external cleanliness) for worship; exact rules on entering the garbha‑griha or touching murtis can vary by temple. Always follow your local mandir’s maryada.

Essence: The same carefulness applies to everyone. If there is active bleeding or you cannot prevent droplet spread, refrain from temple puja and from touching scriptures until proper shuddhi is restored. Inner purity (bhav‑shuddhi) is primary, and outward discipline protects the sanctity of worship.

For simple temple‑etiquette notes, see: and traditional prohibitions summarized here: