write a set of rules and regulation followed of temple
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Before entering Hindu temples, please follow the rules:
1. Take a bath. Cleanliness is important.
2. Remove your footwear outside.
3. Make sure you’re in the supported attire that the temple rule allows. Some temples (like in Guruvayur) do not allow men to enter the temple with shirts or vests. Most temples do not allow entering the temple wearing lungi. Also, make sure you remove any head covers like cap or helmet or a cloth, which is a token of respect that can be seen even among police.
4. Respect temple’s rules to turn off mobile phones and/or avoid having a camera with you. Thirumala temple has strict checking for phones and camera, and if found, the visitor is asked to keep it outside, before entering.
While inside the temple, please follow the rules:
1. Maintain silence.
2. Please note that the proper way to visit each shrines inside a temple is in clockwise path and not in counter clock wise path. Never ever, try to use counter clock wise path, as the direction is used in a ritual during last rites of death in Hinduism.
3. While you most likely enter the main entrance and see dhvajastambam or flag mast, it is best to bow down. It differs depending on the temple. For Vaishnavite temples, it is to be done while entering the temple and for Saivite temples, it is to be done while leaving the temple.
4. Most south India temples do not allow devotees to touch the deities, while north India temples allow. Abide by the rules maintained in the temple.
5. Understand the kind of offerings accepted in each temple and offer them accordingly. For example, fragrant screw pine flower is not accepted in any Shiva temples.
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