Tips for tourists

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• Not only in Maharsahtra but also in whole India, tourists have to remove shoes before entering any shrine.
• Tourists are prohibited from using alcoholic beverages or speaking in a raised voice on the premises of any shrine.
• Women are advised to dress properly, and should cover their head before entering a Sikh Gurudwara or a mosque.
• Visitors are supposed to step the right foot first into the courtyard when anybody enters a mosque.
• All leather products like shoes, belts, handbags, camera cases etc. are prohibited in some Hindu and Jain temples.
• Visitors are to wash their hands and feet under a tap or tank available on the premises before entering the shrines.
• No visitor in a gurudwara should keep his feet pointing towards the Holy Book or step over any one sitting in prayer or meditation.
• While spinning a prayer wheel of any Buddhist monastery, one must always remember to follow the clockwise direction.
• Cushions and chairs inside the monastery are reserved for lamas (monks). Visitors may sit on the steps outside or on the floor.
• Incase one gets the opportunity to meet a Rimpoche (head lama) or a respected monk, it's polite not to turn one's back on him while leaving.
• Also removing the hat and lowering an umbrella within the confines of a monastery is advisable. This courtesy is also observed in the presence of a lama.