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<h1 style="color: Brown; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px;">Temple Etiquette and Visits</h1>

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    <h2 style="color: #a23a33; font-size: 28px;">Temple Tours</h2>
    <p style="font-size: 17px !important;">Everyone is welcome to visit our Temple.</p>
    <p style="font-size: 17px !important;">Please call 502-429-8888 or Email to <a href="mailto:Contactus@Chatwala.org" style="color: blue;">Contactus@Chatwala.org</a> to book group tours.</p>
    <p style="font-size: 17px !important;">Please see the Temple hours below, before you plan your visit.</p>

    <h3 style="color: #a23a33; font-size: 22px;">Temple Hours:</h3>
    <p><strong >Monday-Friday:</strong></p>
    <p style="margin-top: -20px; font-size: 17px !important;">9:00 AM to 11:00 AM<br>5:30 PM to 8:30 PM</p>
    
    <p style="margin-top: -15px;"><strong>Weekends:</strong></p>
    <p style="margin-top: -20px; font-size: 17px !important;">9:00 AM to 2:00 PM<br>3:00 PM to 8:30 PM</p>

    <h3 style="color: #a23a33; font-size: 22px;">Temple Etiquette</h3>
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        <li>The temple is a sacred, holy space, so practice polite, constrained behavior when visiting. Avoid loud conversation or laughter.</li>
        <li>Before you enter remove your shoes at the designated shoe rack and turn off or silence your phone and throw out any gum or other trash you might carry.</li>
        <li>Put away any cameras, as photography is not permitted within the temple.</li>
        <li>Avoid touching the shrines or statues. If you want, you can bring fruits and flowers to offer to the deities.</li>
        <li>Please hand them to the priests.</li>
         <li>If you like, listen along as the priest offers pujas and prayers. This prayer can take many forms, but you often won’t need to be an active participant, </li>
          <li>so have a seat and appreciate the mantras and chanting.</li>
           <li>Offer a donation, if desired. If you feel like donating, place them in the donation box.</li>
            <li>Please keep your children away from running around and playing. This is very distracting to worshipers who is trying to concentrate on prayer.</li>
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      <h3 style="color: #a23a33; font-size: 22px;">Dress code:</h3>
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        <li>We request that you come washed and clean. Wear traditional Indian clothing. If you don’t have traditional clothes don’t worry, opt for pants or long dresses.</li>
        <li>Dress as modestly as you can in loose-fitting clothes that allow you to sit cross-legged, making sure to cover your shoulders, back, and knees, at minimum. </li>
        <li>Before you enter remove your shoes at the designated shoe rack.</li>
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