Do’s and Don’ts

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.

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