Come to the temple clean
Bathe before you go to the temple, and wash your hands and feet before you enter it.
You are going to meet the Lord, so go as you would to meet someone you love and respect. Temples such as those in Atlanta and Sydney ask visitors to bathe before they come. Wash your hands and feet before you go in: the Nectar of Devotion counts entering the temple without washing the hands and feet among the offenses to avoid.
- Whose teaching
- Hindu Temple of Atlanta; Sri Venkateswara Temple, Sydney; Varāha Purāṇa
- Where it is taught
- Hindu Temple of Atlanta and Sri Venkateswara Temple, Sydney (visitor guidelines); The Nectar of Devotion, ch. 8 (offenses from the Varāha Purāṇa)
- Source
- Hindu Temple of Atlanta