DO-S & DO-NOTS AT TIRUMALA

 

DO-S &
DO-NOTS AT TIRUMALA
DO'S

Worship your Ishta or Kula Daivam before you start for Tirumala.
Bathe in the Pushkarini and worship Varaha Swamy in His Temple before you go to worship Lord Venkateswara.
Wear clean clothes. before you enter the shrine.
Concentrate on Lord Venkateswara inside the temple.
Observe absolute silence and chant 'Orr Sri Venkatesaya Namah', inside the temple.
Bathe in the Papavinasanam and Akasa Ganga Tirthams at Tirumala.
Respect ancient customs and usages while at Tirumala and promote religious sentiments among co-pilgrims
Deposit your offerings in the Hundi only.
Keep Tirumala Clean.
DO-NOTS

Don't carry much jewellery or cash with you.
Don't eat non-vegetarian food.
Don't consume liquor or other intoxicants.
Don't smoke on Tirumala Hills.
Don't approach touts for accommodation and darsan.
Don't wear footwear in and around the premises of the temple.
Don't buy spurious prasadams from street vendors.
Don't come to Tirumala for any purpose other than worshipping the Lord.
Don't rush in for Darshan but take your chance in the queue.
Don't enter the temple, if, according to Custom or usage, you are prohibited to enter.
Don't wear flowers at Tirumala, all flowers are for the Lord only.
Don't encourage beggary.
Don't spit or commit nuisance.
Don't waste water and electricity.
Don't allow strangers into the cottages.
Don't hand over keys to them.
Don't spit, urinate or defecate in the open.