Visitors are required to dress modestly and conservatively. Men are required to wear dhoti or mundu (a traditional Indian garment) and are not allowed to wear shirts. Women are required to wear sarees or other traditional attire.
Vedas are still studied following the system of oral transmission. The teacher chants a mantra and the students repeat after him till it is memorized and its pronunciation perfected.
ॐ वज्रनखदंष्ट्रायुधाय महासिंहाय हुं फट् om vajranakhadamsht'raayudhaaya mahaasimhaaya hum phat'....
ॐ वज्रनखदंष्ट्रायुधाय महासिंहाय हुं फट्
om vajranakhadamsht'raayudhaaya mahaasimhaaya hum phat'