Guest guest Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Divya desams in Kerala state ---------------------------- We recently visited the following divya desams in kerala 1. Tiruvanantapuram --it is easy visit from trivandrum city as it is within the city the best time to visit is 6.30 am to 7 am in the morning. then the temple is open to public only after 9 am The following temples should be visited from Kottayam we stayed in Hotel sakthi,in the main town area and close to Hotel Aaryas --A hotel owned by tirunelveli Tamilian --where you can get good vegetarian food --as only - vegetarian good food is difficult to get we went by tourist taxi in the morning around 4 am and visited all the temples and returned by lunch time.it is better to go early in kerala as temples open at 5am . [you need to negotiate the rates and also ask him if he had alreaady gone to these temples before as there wont be any time if the taxi driver loses his way you wont be able to reach in time the temples closes early by 11 am in both the places in kottayam and trichur] 1. Tiruvallavaazh 2. Tirukkadittaanam 3. Tiruchenkunroor 4. Tiruppuliyur 5. Tiruvaaranvilai 6. Tiruvanvandur . The following temples needs to be visited from Trichur temples 1 and 2 are in Alwaye side and a good 75 km run by taxi we went around 4pm and reached 5pm and after finishing 1 we drove another 25 miles to temple 2and reached by 6.45 pm and returned Trichur by 9pm[to and fro distance is 145 kms] 1 Tirukkatkarai 2 Tirumoozhikkalam we went next day early morning 5am and drove towards Tirur/calicut route for the following temples.the to and fro ditance is 144 km we returned by lunch time after darshan 3. Tirunaavai 4. Tiruvithuvakkodu In trichur 1 and 2 divya deams are in one direction and 3 and 4 are in different direction you have to go and come back and go in diff way like the shape of 'Y'. so it is better to go two times as the temples closes early by 10.30 in the morning. Important : While in trichur you can also visit guruvayoor which is about 35 km by bus and plenty of buses are available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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