Lord Krishna temple, Guruvayoor

About the temple

Guruvayur appan or Lord Krishna is the presiding deity of this very popular temple in South India. It is also known as booloka vaikundam implying heaven on earth. Narayaneeyam was composed at this temple by Melpathur Naryana Battathiri.

The devotee offer anything from flowers to tulabharam where the devotee donates sugar, rice, bananas and a lot other things equal to his weight. Devotees also perform annaprasanam here which refers to feeding a baby for the first time.

Praying at this temple is said to cure the body ailments of the devotees. A visit to the temple is considered to be complete only by visiting the mammiyur mahadevan temple that is about ½ km away. Those devotees who are unable to visit that temple pray from a particular corner in the guruvayurappan temple.

The main entrance to the temple is on the east side and the temple is open from 3 in the morning to 1 in the afternoon and again from 4 to 9 in the night.

The temple management manages an elephant sanctuary known as punnathur kotta 3 kms from the temple. Here there are about 55 elephants of the temple. There is also an ancient Shiva and Bhagvathy temple here.

How to reach

Guruvayur is just 29 kms from Thrissur in Kerala. Thrissur is connected with other important cities in India by train. Regular buses both private as well as Kerala state govt buses ply between Thrissur and Guruvayur.

Nearest station: Guruvayur, Trissur
Nearest Airport: Kochi (80 kms) and Calicut (100 kms)

International flights also operate from these two airports.

Sannadhis

Guruvayoor appan (Krishna)
Ganesha
Ayyappa
Edathedathy kavil bhagavathy

Pushkarni

The temple pond is called Rudratheertham.

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Sri Uyyavantha Perumal Temple, Tiruvithuvakodu

About the temple

The temple is situated on the banks of Bharatapuzha river in Kerala.

Uyyavantha Perumal is the presiding deity in this temple and is present in nindra tirukolam. The thayar here is known as vithuvakotu valli or padmapaani nachiyar. The temple is more famous as Anjumoorthy temple. It is one among the Malai naadu divyadesams of Sri Vaishnavas.

How to Reach

The temple is close to Pattambi on the Shoranur - Kallikottai route. Hiring a private vehicle or auto would be the ideal way to visit the temple.
Nearest railway station: Pattambi railway station

Specialty of the temple

Right behind the sannadhi for Lord Shiva, there is the sannadhi of Uyyavanta Perumal. Lord Uyyavantha is known as Abhava pirathan too. The temple exists from the Mahabharata period and there are four sannadhis in the same complex worshipped by Pancha Pandavas. One sannadhi worshipped by Arjuna, Dharma, Bheema each and the last one worshipped by Nakul and Sahadev.

Sannadhis

Uyyavantha Perumal
Vithuvakottu valli

Pushkarni and Vimanam

The pushkarni here is called Chakkara Theertham and the vimanam is Thathuva Kanchana Vimaanam.

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Navamukundan Temple, Thirunavai

Bharatapuzha River

About the temple

Navamukundan temple of Tirunavaya is located on the banks of Bharatapuzha river. The presiding deity here is Navamukundan and Malarmangai Naachiyaar thayar. It is one among the Malai Naadu Divyadesam of SriVaishnavas in Kerala state.

How to reach

Tirunavaya is located in the Chennai-Kalikottai route of Malappuram district of Kerala, close to Trissur. Edakkulam station is the nearest station to the temple and is located on the Palakkad-Mangalore rail route. The temple is 8 kms from tirur which is 43 kms from Kozhikode. By bus, one can reach Kuttipuram and take another bus to Tirunavaai.

Nearest railway station: Edakkulam
Nearest Airport: Calicut

Specialities of the temple

Specialty of this temple is that thayar has a separate sannadhi as compared to other malai naadu divyadesam in Kerala. Lord Navamukudan can be seen only from the portion above knees. The lord is also called Nava narayanan since it is believed that nine sadhus prayed to Lord Vishnu here and attained moksha. It is considered equal to Varanasi since temples of the three lords- Vishnu, Brahma and Shiva are present here. Maasi Makam is an important festival here.

Pushkarni and Vimanam

The pushkarni here is full of lotus flowers and hence known as sengamala saras, sengamala meaning lotus.

The vimanam here is known as veda vimanam, derived from the vedic knowledge of the nine sadhus who worshipped here.

Sannadhis

Navamukundan in ninra thirukolam
Malarmangai Naachiyaar (Periya Pirattiyar Laxmi)
Ganesha
Bhagavati

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