[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Pilgrimage to Guruvayur.

September 27, 2006

Dear all OM NAMO BHAGAVATHE VASUDEVAYA WHEN WE THINK OF GURUVAYUR, CAN PARTHASARATHY TEMPLE[NEAR THE GVYR RAILWAYSTATION AND THE NEARBY THIRUVENKITAM TEMPLE BE FORGOTTEN? SETTLED IN BANGKOK, THOUGH THE PHYSICAL SELF IS HERE, MY SOUL CIRCUMBULATES ROUND GURUVAYOOR? I ALWAYS WANTED TO SETTLE DOWN IN GVYR...WHO KNOWS WHAT MY "APPA"HAS IN HIS MIND? RAJ VASUDEVANvinodpillai777 <vinodpillai777 wrote: guruvayur , brahmanyan <no_reply wrote:>> We (our family) are planning a Pilgrimage to Guruvayur and other > Kshetrams nearby by the first week of October 2006. I shall be grateful > if some one could inform us the important Temples in nearby Khetrams > that can be covered in Two days by Car. Also a decent place to stay in > Guruvayur for two days.> Sri Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum,> > Balasubramanian A.>Dear Mr BalasubramanianIn east Nada there is Nandini Tourist Home,they have vegetarian hotel also Their rates are reasonable . You can book in advance telephone no is 0487-2556509/3090320.then about the nearby temples;there is mamiyoor temple which is about 1/2kms north of guruvayoor temple.Every devoote completes his guruvayoor darshan only after going there.srinarayanam kulangara

bhagavathy temple 1 kms north;Ayyappa temple/sri kandapuram temple 2 kms north;There is elephant kota about 3 kms north of guvayoor temple.There are about 62 elephants there.You can visit there also.Very near to guruvayoor temple in the east nada itself there is a ganapthy temple also.Wish you happy journeyVinod Pillai

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September 27, 2006

Dear Balasubramanian sir,

My name is Santhosh warrier. As Vinod pillai has

advice to you that Nandini Tourist Home. However in

knowledge I wish to inform you that also you can book

your room's " SYAMANTHAKAM SUIT, Police station Road,

Near Devaki Kalyanamandapam, South Nada, Guruvayoor.

Tel: 0487 2555776. Contact Mr. Satheesan,mobile number

9447783316. (If you can refer my name to Mr.

Satheesan, they will charge resonable price)

" SYAMANTHAKAM " suit is newly builded furnished

apartment.

While you travelling to Gurupavanpuri,Vykundam,from

Palakkad side to Guruvayoor (via,

Ottappalam,Kulappully,Pattambi,Kunnamkulam,then

Guruvayur(Guruvayoor) can pilgrim to Padijare Madam

Guruvayur Temple, near to Pattambi Railway

Station,near Bharathapuzha river,and Naggattiri

Bhagavathi kshethram, 4 k.m from Pattambi Guruvayur

kshethram famous to muttarukkalukal, Sri

Thirumittakode kshethram, 2 K.m from Naggattiri

kshetham, and after koottand Sri Mulayam Parabathu

Bhagavathi kshethram 5 k.m from Koottanad Town near

chalissery.

Also you can Pilgrim to Mamiyoor kshethram,

Parthasarathi kshethram,Thiruvengidachalapathi

kshethram at Guruvayur.

I wish you a Happy Journey.

Om Bhagavathe Vasudevaya Nama

Santhosh S Warrier

--- vinodpillai777 <vinodpillai777 wrote:

> guruvayur , brahmanyan

> <no_reply wrote:

> >

> > We (our family) are planning a Pilgrimage to

> Guruvayur and other

> > Kshetrams nearby by the first week of October

> 2006. I shall be

> grateful

> > if some one could inform us the important Temples

> in nearby Khetrams

> > that can be covered in Two days by Car. Also a

> decent place to stay

> in

> > Guruvayur for two days.

> > Sri Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum,

> >

> > Balasubramanian A.

> >

> Dear Mr Balasubramanian

>

> In east Nada there is Nandini Tourist Home,they have

> vegetarian hotel

> also Their rates are reasonable . You can book in

> advance telephone no

> is 0487-2556509/3090320.then about the nearby

> temples;there is

> mamiyoor temple which is about 1/2kms north of

> guruvayoor temple.

> Every devoote completes his guruvayoor darshan only

> after going there.

> srinarayanam kulangara bhagavathy temple 1 kms

> north;Ayyappa

> temple/sri kandapuram temple 2 kms north;There is

> elephant kota about

> 3 kms north of guvayoor temple.There are about 62

> elephants there.You

> can visit there also.Very near to guruvayoor temple

> in the east nada

> itself there is a ganapthy temple also.

>

> Wish you happy journey

>

> Vinod Pillai

>

September 27, 2006

Hare Krishna !! Guruvayurappa !!

Just thought I might mention a few temples I know of,

which are situated close to Guruvayur temple.

i) Mammiyoor Siva temple - < 10 mins walk from

Guruvayur temple. Lord Siva has moved to this place to

give room for Sri Guruvayurappan. A visit to Guruvayur

is considered incomplete by many, without visiting

Mammiyoor and taking Lord Siva's blessings.

ii) Sri Parthasaarathi temple - sreekovil modelled

after a chariot - adjacent to Guruvayur Railway

Station - this is the place where Lord Krishna offered

darshan in His Vishva roopam to Narada Muni who is

said to have performed penance (tapas) there with that

objective in mind.

iii) Sree Venkatachalapathi (Balaji) Temple - also

known as Thiruvenkitam - locally. It is easy to reach

from Sri Parthasarathi temple or from Mammiyoor side

as well. Fascinating chatur bhuja (4 handed) deity of

the Lord.

Normally autorickshaws will take you around to all the

three temples (i, ii,iii) as a package - they used to

charge something around Rs 30 - but I reckon, now it

might even be Rs.50. It will take less than 1 hour

that way.

iv) Also, another beautiful ancient temple worth

seeing would be Chovvalloor Siva temple. This would be

approx. 4-5 kms from Guruvayur (towards Thrissur).

v) Hari kanyakaa temple - Ariyannoor - the deity is

said to be Mohini murti - but now-a-days worshipped as

Devi. (5-6 kms towards Thrissur). Temple is not in

very good condition and closes in the morning after

puja at 09:30 AM !!!! [it is one of the protected

monuments under Archaeology dept.]

Also, make it a point to visit Gajarajan Kesavan's

memorial with his life like statue - and Maraprabhu -

adjacent to that. In the Panchajanyam guest house

compound is a small memorial for Sri Manaveda Raja. A

visit to these places should kindle in us many many

memories of Sri Guruvayurappan's apaara leela !! A

visit to these places should be a meditation on the

wonderful past-times enacted by our Lord for the sake

of these wonderful devotees.

A visit to Naaraayanaalayam - the residence and

memorial of Thirunaamaacharyan Sri Anjam Madhavan

Namboodiri, and also darshan of Poonthanam's Krishna

deity installed there would be to your advantage.

I think this information would be sufficient for you

to plan out and execute a comprehensive pilgrimage of

Guruvayur and nearabouts in a very short time !!!

Please visit:

http://www.guruvayurdevaswom.org/accomo.shtml

for knowing more on Accommodation provided by

Guruvayur Devaswom guest houses. (This page is part of

the official website of Guruvayur Devaswom.) - The

accommodation provided by Devaswom is usually cheap

and best. You could choose Panchajanyam (on the South

Nada - very close to temple) or Kausthubham (East

Nada).

I know many of this forum members would be knowing

all this, but still, I feel I should mention here for

the benefit of those who dont know - even if that be 1

or 2 persons.

Hare Krishna !

-sriram

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