Xian Church and Chappels - A personal experience

I happen to attend a marriage function today @ Trichur,Kerala. The function was held in a Catholic Church over there. I landed there almost one hour before the scheduled time. I happen to see a board in Malayalam which mandates ( or requests ? ) people to place the footwear before entering the prayer hall. I entered the prayer hall by placing my footwear outside. After thirty minutes people began to flock into the hall as there were three marriage ceremonies to be solemnized.

To avoid the crowd , i came out of the hall and astonished to see only a few footwear outside.

This prompted me to make a remark to a friend that "Believers (read Xians) were inside wearing shoes and chapels where as others are without them."