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Guruvayur Temple in Thrissur, Kerala - Guruvayoor Krishna Temple

Guruvayur Temple or Guruvayoor Temple is one of the most famous Lord Krishna temples in India, situated in the town of Guruvayur, in Thrissur District of Kerala. Guruvayur Sri Krishna Temple enshrines Lord Krishna, the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu, as the presiding deity. Shri Krishna is known here by different names such as Unnikannan (Baby Krishna), Unnikrishnan, Kannan, Balakrishna, and Guruvayoorappan. The idol was once worshiped by the Lord Mahavishnu himself in Vaikunta and hence Guruvayur Sri Krishna Temple is known as Bhooloka Vaikunta - The Heaven on Earth. Sri Guruvayoorappan Temple is also renowned as the Dakshina Dwaraka (Dwaraka of South).

Guruvayur Temple is said to be built by Guru (preceptor of Gods) and Vayu (God of winds), and hence the place came to be known as Guruvayurpura and later reduced as Guruvayur. Guruvayur has become the most famous pilgrimage center in Kerala mainly due to the five devotees, namely - Poonthanam, Melpattur, Vilvamangalam, Kururamma and the Prince Manadevan (Zamorin). This important and famous pilgrimage for Hindus is about 29 km north-west of Thrissur.

Guruvayur Temple Architecture

The Guruvayur Temple is a masterpiece of the typical Kerala architecture style, bearing a Koothambalam and an Aanappanthal. The whole temple is in the form of a rectangle and features exquisite mural paintings in the walls which depict episodes from the Puranas. The Sreekovil is square in shape with pyramidal roofing and abodes the idol of the Lord. Its door and roof are covered in gold. Two statues of dwarapalakas are seen on either side of the door. The Nallambalam or the Chuttambalam is a wall structure that surrounds the Sree Kovil. A small temple well called Manikkinar is located on the left side and the temple kitchen known as Madappalli is seen on the right side of the Sreekovil. To the left of the Sreekovil is the shrine of Ganapathi. Next is the Namaskara Mandapam which is seen in front of the Sreekovil. This rectangular shaped hall has pyramidal roofing.

Kodimaram or Dhwajastambham (Flagpole of the temple) is seen outside the Nallambalam, in front of the entrance. Balipeetams are also seen here. The outer wall of Nallambalam is fixed with a group of oil lamps called Vilakkumatam. The shrines of Sastha (Lord Ayyappa) and Devi (Bhagawati) are seen on the southern side and the upadevathas are seen on the northern side.

A tiled roof called Aanappandal or Nadappura covers the area between the east gopuram and the

west side of the Nalambalam. Decorated with pictures and paintings, the Aanappandal affords shelter for elephants and for the pilgrims who wait for worship. Koothambalam, located at the south-east corner of the temple, is where Koothu is conducted. Pattayappura (the granary) on the south-western side and the Agrasala (the dining hall) on the northern side are of special interest. On the north side of Guruvayur temple is the sacred pond called Rudratirtham.

The Deity

The unique feature of the idol of Sree Guruvayoorappan is that it is built out of a rare stone called Patala Anjana. The Lord is seen in the standing posture with four hands (Chaturbahu) carrying the Sankhu (conch), the Sudarshana chakram (a serrated disk), the lotus and the mace. Legends say that the idol is more than 5000 years old. The idol was once worshipped by Mahavishnu and then handed it over to Brahma.

Other Special Features of Guruvayur Temple

It is here that the Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri composed his Sanskrit devotional poem called Narayaneeyam. The temple is well-known for its healing powers and is the site for Annaprasanam, the first rice-giving ceremony of a child.

Offerings

Devotees conduct Tulabharam where a devotee is weighed against his choice of material. Some of the common items used for Thulabharam include banana, sugar, jaggery, coconut, or gold. Besides Tulabharam, elephants are also offered to the Lord. The feeding of these elephants is called Anayoottu. Other offerings include Prasadaootu, Alroopams, Picking up Kunnikkuru and Sayanapradakshina.

Temple Festivals
Ekadasi which falls on the eleventh day of every lunar fortnight is of special significance in Guruvayur Shri Krishna Temple.

Guruvayur Utsavam or Guruvayoor Annual Festival is held for ten days. It begins on the day of Punartham Nakshatra (Pushya star - the 8th asterism) in the month of Kumbham (February - March) and ends after the Aarattu on the 10th day.

Other important festivals celebrated here are Mandalam, Poonthanam Day festival, 11 days Chembai Sangeetha Mela (Chembai Music Festival), Narayaneeyam Day, Vaishka (April - May), Ashtami Rohini (July - August) and Kuchela’s Day (held on the first Wednesday of Dhanu (December - January).

Opening & Closing Timings of Guruvayur Temple
Guruvayur Temple opens daily at 03:00 AM with Nirmalya Darshan and will be closed at 12:30 PM. The temple reopens at 4:30 PM and closed at 09:15 PM.

Please note that the Temple timings may change on certain special occasions and also if there is any Udayasthamana pooja.

Elephant Sanctuary
The elephant sanctuary at Punnathur Kotta which is 3 km from Guruvayur is worth visiting. This is the largest elephant sanctuary and the elephants were offered by the devotees of the Lord. Gajapooja and Anayoottu (elephant feeding) are conducted here.

How to reach Sree Krishna Temple, Guruvayur

Railway Station
Guruvayur Railway Station is on the east of the temple which is connected to the Chennai - Mangalore main line at Thrissur. Thrissur Railway Station is the nearest major railway station about 29 km from Guruvayoor.

By Road
Guruvayoor is well connected with other parts of the country by road transport. Both KSRTC and private bus services offers interstate bus services to almost all major cities in south India including Palani, Madurai, Mookambika, Ooty, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Salem, Mysore, Chennai, Mangalore, and Udupi. National Highway 17 (NH 17) passes through Kunnamkulam about 8 km away from Guruvayur.

Airport
Kochi International Airport (Nedumbassery Airpot) is the nearest airport, which is about 80 km from Guruvayur. Calicut International Airport (Karipur Airport) is another nearest airport around 100 km from Guruvayur Sri Krishna Temple.

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Near By Attractions
Being an important Hindu pilgrimage center, Guruvayur is home for some of the famous temples in Kerala. Some of the famous temples located near by include Mammiyoor Temple, Parthasarathi Temple, Narayanamkulangara Bhagavati Temple, Tiruvenkatam Temple, and Sreekandapuram Vishnu Temple.

Ashapura Maa

Ashapura Maa:

This holy place or Ashapura is steeped in ancient times as its origin is troubled. Present situation to this deity in the Puranas, Rudrayamal Tantra and so on which are all said to point to this holy place in Kutch.

Be that while it may, nowadays there is no outline of any antique records or writings which provide any signal of the establishment of devotion at this shrine among the offered records in the possession of faith.

Special arrangements During Navratri : Particular buses has been approved for Yatris from Bhuj S. T. Bus Depot to Matanamadh. These buses will take off every 10mins from Bhuj to Matanamadh from platform No. 1 of Bhuj S.T. Bus Depot and the similar service is offer at Matanamadh as fine.

A mega camp is organized by the shrine trust just about 1.5 kms away from the Matanamadh temple, which would contain approx 2500 padyatris at a time. At this time they can relax and refresh up before going to temple for darshan.

Preparations have been complete to stay the footwear of the padyatris in different stalls tresses to avoid defeat of footwear.

Particular bathing and accommodation have been offer at CHACHRA KUND for padyatris, so they can have blessed bath at Kund before leaving for the darshan.
Darshan timings through Navratris: 05:00am to 01:00am.

shriashapuramataji Nadole

Maa Ashapura

Ashapura Mataji

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Ashapura Mata

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Ashapura maa photo

Khodiyar Mata

Khodiyar Mata.
Khodiyar Mata temple is situated in Rajkot at a distance of 4 kilometers from Sihor and 15 kilometer from Bhavnagar which is located in Gujarat. Khodiyar Mata of Gujarat stands on 36 pillars, which maintain the mandap. The mandap is the middle formation, where the main deity of the temple is located. The presiding diety of this holy place is the ancestral Goddess of Bhavnagar.

Khodiyar Mata temple is most famous in Bhavnagar. Around the holy place there is nice attractive beauty, and also a crystal plain lake, visitors never miss to have its tranquility.

Khodiyar Maa is the Hindu goddess who materializes in the story of Mamaniya Gadhvi in about 700 AD. Mamaniya Gadhvi had a excellent relationship with the then ruler – Maharaj Shilbhadra. The ruler’s minister envied this excellent relationship and arranged a system to get rid of Mamaniya Gadhvi. They were not very successful to influence the ruler, but they succeeded in persuading the ruler’s wife. One day the doorkeepers did not let him go into the palace.

Mamaniya asked for the cause. He was told that a childless man is not appeal of the king’s existence. Mamaniya returned home and required to invite Lord Shiva for help. While Lord Shiva did not show, he sure to give his life away as a finishing sacrifices. Presently while he was about to make it, Lord Shiva appeared, he resolute to give his life away as a last sacrifice. Now when he was about to make it, Lord Shiva appear and took him to the Snake Kingdom – Naglok to perceive the king of Snakes – Nagdev. Behind inquiry his is legend full of humiliation, the Nagdev’s daughters resolute to help too.

When Mamaniya came home, with his wife he organized, as advised by the Nagdev’s daughters, eight cradles in belief of a huge incident. One day eight snakes crawled into the house and Mamaniya had swiftly seven daughters and one son. One of the daughters was khodiyar Maa. Behind presentation many amazing powers, citizens believe her to be goddess and has temples and memorial too.

Temple of Khodiyar Mata

Picture of Khodiyar Mata

Khodiyar Mata Wallpaper

Khodiyar Mata Snaps

Khodiyar Mata

Khodiyar Mata Picture

Khodiyar Mata Photo

Khodiyar Mata Wallpaper

Shri Umiya Mataji

Shri Umiya Mataji:

About the temple the myth is that in 1899, Umiya Mata emerge in the vision of one Rattan Baba which is living in the small village known as Kutiyana and tell him that her statue would be originate at a particular spot in Sidsar Village.

The words Umiya is resulting from the word Uma, sense mother. She sits in the major temple of Unjha and is worshipped by her sons and daughters across Gujarat and World. She is worshipped in different forms, the mainly accepted form is of “Parvati” and she is also known as NavChandi or Nav Durga due to the nine forms generally worshipped.

Excavation at the mark yield the statue of the deity in the shape that it is worshipped still at present.

A Shri Umiya Mataji statue was found in all its fine clothes, with beautiful jewellery, and an quality of smell. A place of worship was constructing for Umiya Mata for all Kadya Patidars in the Saurastra district to worship.

The Patidars think Umiya Mata grants her follower whatever they desire for. The association is working to decide dispute and quarrel arose among the Patidar by way of compromise.

By this activity, argument can decide and quiet culture will be recognized. This kind of social association is suitable in every district.

From very faraway people are coming to this holy place. Here bus service is also available for the visitors.