SRI BALAJI

DO'S DONTS

Please

Workship your Ishta or Kula Daivam before you start for Tirumala.
Book your ticket in advance.
Bathe in the Pushkarini and worship Varaha Swamy in His Temple before you go to worship Lord Venkateswara. Concentrate on Lord Venkateswara inside the temple.
Observe absolute silence and recite 'Om Sri Venkatesaya Namaha' to yourself, inside the temple.
Bathe in the Papavinasanam and Akasa Ganga Threethams near Tirumala.
Respect ancient customs and usages while at Tirumala.
Respect and promote religious sentiments among co-pilgrims.
Deposit your offering in the Hundi only.
Contact any of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Enquiry office for information regarding the temple and your worship there.

Please

Don't carry much jewellery or cash with you.
Don't eat non- vegetarian food.
Don't smoke or consume liquor or other intoxicants.
Don't approach stranger for accommodation.
Don't wear footwear in and around the premises of the temple.
Don't approach touts and details for quick Darsan.
Don't prostrate (Sastanga danda pranamam) inside the temple.
Don't buy spurious prasadams from vendors outside the Temple.
Don't come to Trimula for any purpose other than worshipping the Lord.
Don't rush in for Darsan 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, as all flowers are for the Lord only.
Don't encourage beggary.
Don't spit or commit nuisance in the premises of the temple.
Don't waste water and Electricity.
Don't allow strangers into the Cottages.