Our Taxi driver Asif was very prompt. He was very polite.For a Muslim, he knew a lot about the Hindu Temples and traditions.
We left home around 6 a.m. The first stop was at the Guruvayoor Krishna Temple. It was a huge compound, but was packed with devotees who arrived much earlier than us. Every Temple we visited in Tamil Nadu also, there were Sabari Malai devotees ahead of us. It was no different here. We were standing in line for more than 2 hours before we entered the Temple. Nirmala could not stand any longer. She went into the Administration office, showed her TTD badge and they let us by pass the rest of the crowd and were able to go inside closer to the sanctum. It was very much against my wishes, still I had to follow the other two. After all this trouble, we just had a glimpse of the Idol for a split second (perhaps, a split minute????). No prasadam was served here. For those of you interested in the history and how the Temple survived many blows in the past, please click here.
The legend goes that the installation of Guruvayurappan was done by Guru(Brihaspathi (Jupiter) and Vayu(the wind God)). The pooja procedures were laid down by Sri Adishankara and even today, the Namboodris (Namboothris) are the ones that perform the poojas.
The famous Narayaneeyam was composed by Narayan Bhattadri (Bhattathri) here.
Non-Hindus are not allowed inside this Temple and the dress code is only Saree for woman and no shirt can be worn by men. No cameras, no Cell phones and so on.
Like many other South Indian Temples, there are many paintings (and here from 17th century depicting the life of Krishna) adorning the walls. The vishnu idol is made of Patala anjanam, we were told. I don't know what it is. I loved the Tulasi plants in the Temple.
The other shrines here are for Durga, Ganapathi and Ayyappan.
What we missed was the 51 elephant parade. We were not in the right season. It must have been very majestic and pompous. I just love those elephants in all these temples.
By the way, Guruvayur is located 29 km. Northwest of Trissur(Trichur) district.
From here, we went to see the Adishankara Tower.www.googlemaps.com
We left home around 6 a.m. The first stop was at the Guruvayoor Krishna Temple. It was a huge compound, but was packed with devotees who arrived much earlier than us. Every Temple we visited in Tamil Nadu also, there were Sabari Malai devotees ahead of us. It was no different here. We were standing in line for more than 2 hours before we entered the Temple. Nirmala could not stand any longer. She went into the Administration office, showed her TTD badge and they let us by pass the rest of the crowd and were able to go inside closer to the sanctum. It was very much against my wishes, still I had to follow the other two. After all this trouble, we just had a glimpse of the Idol for a split second (perhaps, a split minute????). No prasadam was served here. For those of you interested in the history and how the Temple survived many blows in the past, please click here.
The legend goes that the installation of Guruvayurappan was done by Guru(Brihaspathi (Jupiter) and Vayu(the wind God)). The pooja procedures were laid down by Sri Adishankara and even today, the Namboodris (Namboothris) are the ones that perform the poojas.
The famous Narayaneeyam was composed by Narayan Bhattadri (Bhattathri) here.
Non-Hindus are not allowed inside this Temple and the dress code is only Saree for woman and no shirt can be worn by men. No cameras, no Cell phones and so on.
Like many other South Indian Temples, there are many paintings (and here from 17th century depicting the life of Krishna) adorning the walls. The vishnu idol is made of Patala anjanam, we were told. I don't know what it is. I loved the Tulasi plants in the Temple.
The other shrines here are for Durga, Ganapathi and Ayyappan.
What we missed was the 51 elephant parade. We were not in the right season. It must have been very majestic and pompous. I just love those elephants in all these temples.
By the way, Guruvayur is located 29 km. Northwest of Trissur(Trichur) district.
From here, we went to see the Adishankara Tower.www.googlemaps.com
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