Guruvayoor Temple - Thrissur

Guruvayoor Temple - Thrissur

Guruvayoor Temple

“Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya”

The Guruvayoor Sree Krishna Temple is one of the most promising places of warship for Hindus. It is also called Bhooloka Vaikundam (The holy abode of Vishnu on Earth). It is located in the Guruvayoor Town of Thrissur. The presiding deity is Mahavishnu, in standing posture with four hands carrying Sankhu (Conch), Sudarshana Chakram (A serrated disk), lotus and mace.  The idol is made of a rare stone known as Patala Anjana.

 The glory of Guruvayoor – the place has been also come to be justly known as the Dwaraka of the south- thus rests on the idol installed there which represents the full manifestation of the Lord Mahavishnu was revealed to Vasudeva and Devaki at the time of Krishnavathara.

The Anakotta is the important place to visit Guruvayoor. It is the Guruvayoor Devaswam elephant sanctuary. It is one of the largest elephant sanitariums in all over the world. It is also known as Punnathurkotta. It is situated 3 km away from the Guruvayoor Temple.

I was visited number of times to Guruvayoor Temple, and I will go in future also.