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The Paris landmark reopened on Tuesday morning, with visitors passing through security checkpoints at the base, after a walkout by staff over the treatment of female employees during a visit by a Hindu religious group on Saturday.
The monument was closed on Monday while SETE, the company that operates the tower, held a meeting between staff and management.
Eiffel Tower staff said instructions were given to female employees, including those working for contractors, to make themselves invisible during the visit by the delegation.
According to a staff statement, some women were asked to leave their posts and were replaced by men, and all female employees were told not to cross certain areas while the group was present.
Staff described the measures as professional instructions that led to female employees being sidelined, replaced and made invisible because of their gender, and said they were shocked to have been placed in that situation.
SETE acknowledged that the delegation, from the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) spiritual movement, had requested that Saturday's visit be organized to limit interactions with women. SETE said these conditions should not have been accepted.
BAPS apologized for any pain or inconvenience caused by the incident. The organization said on X that, to its knowledge, no one was prevented from accessing the Eiffel Tower, and that the visit was arranged with the Eiffel Tower team at the start of normal operating hours because of the size of the delegation, in order to avoid disrupting other visitors.
BAPS opened its first major temple in France on Sunday near Paris, consecrated by its spiritual leader, Mahant Swami Maharaj, 93.
The organization says it operates a global network of more than 1,300 temples. BAPS is close to the ruling party of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
France's gender equality minister, Aurore Berge, said France does not ask women to erase themselves. Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said France would never accept limits on women's presence.
Centrist candidate Gabriel Attal said no culture, belief or religion could dictate to women what their place should be.
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