SHILLONG: The office of the Hima Mawphlang along with Synjuk ki Rangbah Shnong, village defence party, Seng Kynthei and Seng Samla Mawphlang have requested the people visiting the area during the upcoming the Monolith Festival to maintain the sanctity of the place and refrain from committing nuisance, using foul language, littering the place etc., especially the Sacred Groves.