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Friday, September 13, 2019

Shree Guruvayoor Temple, Guruvayoor, Trichur, Kerala, INDIA

View from East South Corner

View from East Nada

Kalyanamandapam - Wedding stage

Naga Kshethram

Mural depiction of the history of the Temple

Feeding cabin (for Moms to feed Babies )

The main deity of this Temple is Guruvayoorappan (Sreekrishna the ninth incarnation of GOD Mahavishnu).

The idol of the deity of this temple was worshiped by Vasudevar (Father of Bhagavan Sreekrishna) and Devaki (Mother of Bhagavan Sreekrishna) when they were in Dwaraka. At the end of Dwapara Yugam the idol was almost lost in the mountainous waves of the flood (Pralayam) then there appeared GOD Shiva who called on and insisted GURU and VAYU to find a suitable place and install the IDOL therefore the devout generations to come and pray. Since the place where they had installed the most sacred IDOL it is called "GURUVAYOOR", the place of GURU and VAYU.

Access to this temple

By road

From Calicut (North Side) and Trichur (South Side) both State transport and Private buses are available to this temple City, Guruvayoor.

By Train Train services are available to Guruvayoor.

By Air The nearest airports are Cochin and Calicut
Restrictions...

For booking of offerings, accommodation or any further enquiries please visit http://guruvayurdevaswom.nic.in

No Packages are allowed inside without security check at the gates.

Dress Code

Men only on Mundu and Mel Mundu (optional)

Women only on Saree

No Churidar, Pants or Shirts are allowed for both men and women.

No any electronic equipment and or gadgets like Cameras and Mobiles are allowed inside.

Food is served as Prasadam (Optional) (No need to pay)

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Vadakkum Nadhan Temple @Thrissur

Vadakkum Nadhan Temple

Vadakkunnathan Temple (Malayalam: വടക്കുന്നാഥൻ ക്ഷേത്രം) is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva at city of Thrissur, of Kerala state in India. This temple is a classic example of the architectural style of Kerala and has monumental towers on all four sides and also a kuttambalam. Mural paintings depicting various episodes from Mahabharata can be seen inside the temple.^[1]^[2]^[3] The shrines and the Kuttambalam display vignettes carved in wood. The temple, along with the mural paintings, has been declared as a National Monument by India under the AMASR Act.^[4] According to popular local lore, this is the first temple built by Parasurama, the sixth incarnation of Vishnu. Tekkinkadu Ground, encircling the Vadakkunnathan Temple, is the main venue of the Thrissur Pooram.^[1]^[2]

^{Courtesy Wikipedia
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