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Sringeri Sharada Peetham
Pilgrim Info

Pilgrim Info

Do's & Dont's


Do's

  • Pay Obeisance to Guru and Ishta or Kula Devata before you start for Sringeri.
  • Bathe and wear clean clothes before you enter the shrine.
  • Concentrate on the Goddess, Sri Saradamba inside the Temple.
  • Observe absolute silence inside the Temple.
  • Respect ancient customs and usages while at Sringeri.
  • Respect and promote religious sentiments among co-pilgrims.
  • Deposit your offerings in the Hundi Only.
  • Gents need to remove their Shirts and Banians before entering the Gurunivas.
  • Observe Silence inside the Math complex (temples, Narasimhavana and Gurunivas).
  • Switch Off your Mobile phones while you are inside the Math complex (temples, Narasimhavana and Gurunivas)
  • Take care of your belongings as Math is not responsible for the loss/damage of your belongings.
  • Approach for assistance from Enquiry Office/Admn. Office during emergencies.
  • Help us by abiding the rules of the Math to serve you better.

Do not

  • Carry much jewellery and cash with you.
  • Wear footwear in and around Math complex (temples, Narasimhavana and Gurunivas).
  • Approach touts for accommodation and darshan.
  • Eat non-vegetarian food.
  • Consume liquor or other intoxicants.
  • Smoke on Sringeri Hills.
  • Buy spurious prasadams from street vendors.
  • Come to Sringeri for any purpose other than worshipping the Goddess and doing meditation.
  • Rush in for Darshan but take your chance in the queue.
  • Enter the Temple; if according to custom or usage, you are prohibited to enter.
  • Take photos inside temples and Gurunivas
  • Encourage beggary.
  • Spit or commit nuisance in the premises of the Temple.
  • Wear Lungis or pants/Jeans or Salvar Kameez while performing Sevas at Gurunivas
  • Take Photographs of the deities, Adhishthanams, and inside Gurunivas
  • Loiter
  • Use tobaccos such as panparag etc.
  • Throw the waste outside the dustbin
  • Feed non eatables to fish
  • Catch fish
  • Throw plastic covers into the river
  • Wear footwear inside the Math premises, and while crossing the Vidya Tirtha Sethu.
  • Enter the restricted areas where there is a no-entry board
  • Talk unnecessarily inside the Temple premises or at Gurunivas
  • Touch the unauthorized/suspected material inside the Math Premises
  • Swim in the river
  • Bring any non-vegetarian or prohibited food/items inside Math premises

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