A: No. Removing anything from the shrine grounds is not permitted.

In the titular poem, Sri Sri visualizes this journey as a massive procession. It is a call to the marginalized, the workers, the dreamers, and the rebels to leave behind the crumbling ruins of the past. He writes of walking away from the "shadow of the past" toward a dawn that is yet to be defined. It is a journey without a map, driven only by the insatiable thirst for a new horizon.

For decades, the lines from Mahaprasthanam have served as rallying cries for political movements and student protests in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Phrases like “Nenu saitam prapancham lo...” (I am also in this world...) instilled a sense of self-respect and agency in the common reader.

Sri Sri Mahaprasthanam, near Rajnagar Palace, Puri – 752001, Odisha, India.