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Here is a list of some important dos and don'ts for comfortable and enjoyable travel in India -  

**A proper VISA to enter and stay in India is a must. Practically every foreign national requires VISA to enter India. 

**Always go with prior reservations at the hotels and arrangements of transportation, guide, safari’s etc with the help of your travel agent or directly with the 
    hotels.

**Travelers should get properly inoculated against Yellow Fever if coming through infected regions. 

**It is advisable to cover yourself with travel insurance for thefts, loss and medi-claim. 

**Carry proper maps of the places proposed to visit in India, as signboards are often absent. Try to reach a station during daytime if traveling on your own. In 
    any case avoid persistent touts and taxi-wallahs at airport/stations/bus stand to help you find your hotel. Always use tourist assistance desk for proper advice. 

**Women traveling alone in certain deserted places should avoid walking at odd hours i.e after 2000 hrs in the night at any place. 

**Don't ever enter a temple, tomb, dargah or Gurudwara with shoes on and/or scantily dressed. One should cover his/her head with a cloth while in a 
    Gurudwara or Dargah. Parikrama or walking around the sanctum sanctorum should always be in clockwise direction. 

**Do not wear black clothes while visiting a Jain temple. Leather articles are forbidden to be carried in Hindu and Jain temples. Taking photograph of the deity
    in  a temple is normally not permitted. It is always written on the board where the photography is prohibited.

**While changing money, insist on getting encashment certificate.

**Do not encourage beggars. You will mostly find in front of any monuments in India.

**Do not checkout of the hotel in hurry. While checking out it has been noticed in some hotels, the extras are unreasonably charged which the guest hurriedly 
    pays without cross-checking. 

**Do not leave your cash and valuables in your hotel rooms. Keep your cash divided in different pockets or security lockers available at the hotel.

**Take care of contamination of water and food problem. Always drink safe mineral water and take well-cooked food. 

**Buy at genuine shops only. Bargaining is a popular practice in India and necessary too. 

**Do not visit places which encourage orthodoxy, social injustice and inhuman practices (like visiting a sati temple).

**Don't eat anything offered by fellow travelers on train or road travels. It might have sleeping pills. Always travel reserved class in trains. 

**Always chain and lock your luggage under your berth in a train. 

**Don't photograph women without permission.

**Use licensed guides for sightseeing.