[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] My first experience at Guruvayoor...

July 13, 2007

Dear Girishji, Hare Krishna! Thanks a lot for sharing your first experience of Guruvayur. I felt a spiritual happiness reading your article and could feel quite well that you have lots of Bhakti in you. You are indeed very fortunate that you have so much devotion for Shree Krishna. Keep on increasing that love towards Lord! Thanks once again. Shree Krishna Sharanam Mama! ~Krishnadasa.girish girish m <vnkh wrote: Hi all,I would like to share my experience of my visit to Guruvayoor. I went to Guruvayoor for the first time with my friends in 3rd semester B.Tech. I was in NIT, Calicut, Kerala. Guruvayoor is just 3 hrs journey away from Calicut.We reached Guruvayoor at 2 am on saturday. All were coming for the first time. We asked some people about place of bath and they guided us. We headed straight to pond beside temple. I could see so many people sleeping near the stage put in front of temple (where cultural activities takes place). We took bath in the pond. I wore a mundu by borrowing from a counter. I guess, I bought one - Rs 50 or so.I could see so many people moving here and there, busy at 2.30 am ! Most men, without shirts, clad in white mundu and women mostly in white sarees with some yellow/brown border. I always admired Keralites' cleanliness in terms their

dress and appearance. People began to stand in the queue. I stood waiting for the temple to open.Suddenly, they started playing some song - in Sanskrit. It was melodious. I thought it is some suprabhatam sung by MS Subbulaxmi in praise of Guruvayoorappan(Several years later, I understood it was Narayaneeyam) Some temple worker came and started waking up sleeping people on the platform. I was getting eager to enter temple.Finally they opened the temple. I proceeded slowly. I heard many people uttering Guvayoorappa ! Narayana ! Narayana! to themselves. I saw the temple in surprise. It was so old ! Two tusks were above the main door. An elephant's photo. Green light decorating it. Towards left of main door, lots of coconut and a balance. I remembered tulabhara story of Sri Krishan. We had to go round the temple for the queue. Many people becoming emotional shouting Narayana ! Narayana ! The queue was a kind of halt and proceed stuff. Finally when I was

near the main entrance for further inside, I saw a big vessel full of red seeds. People putting hands in it and waving. This was all new for me. None of my friends knew what they were doing. Everyone around us seemed familiar with these activities. We felt shy to ask others.Finally we entered further inside. The lord was being bathed. I could hardly see the face. I could just see something black but was not able to see eyes, mouth etc. I desperately tried to get a good glimpse. But a temple worker scolded me and dragged me ahead. I was so dissapointed and angry too. We came to prasadam counter. I took sugar, butter and brown jaggery payasam sweet and a green banana. The payasam was very hot. At first, I thought the plastic bottle would melt. But it didn't. The payasam tastes good when it becomes cold. You can drink even more. Unlike Tirupati, where laddus are limited, we can get unlimited sweet here.Still the fact that I couldn't see God

properly was bugging me from inside. I was terribly sad from within. I told my friends, I will stand once again in the queue. They said they would wait for me outside. I had darshan again. But after sufficient long time. I could see Guruvayoorappan - small diety with a big smile. The face was covered with sandalwood. The ears had some golden covering - which was shining.I still remember the face. I thought the statue will be very tall. But it was small. I was satisfied.We visited elephant sanctuary. I wonder how do they feed so many elephants ! A stick would be placed behind the ears of standing elephants. I asked, why ? A mahout told it is instruction for elephant "Chup Chaap Khade Raho" !! We went to beach and played so well. Some of the beach area was very dirty. We also saw a Shiva temple. After that vist, I have gone to Guruvayoor - three more times. Recently one of my friend's marriage took place there. I saw elephant processions in

morning . In evening there was a procession of three elephants with men sitting on them. The lamps glowing around the temple. That looks spectacular. One of my good friends is an atheist. I felt, atheists condemn the existence of God. But, here Lord is worshipped so fantastically with majesty - everyday. Atheists come and go. But Lord remains permanent. Guruvayoor bears a testimony for it.If somebody is going to Guruvayoor from Bangalore, kindly intimate me. I would like to go again. But I dont have any company. I would like to go there with somebody who belongs to this group. Here people have so much reverence for Guruvayoorappan and I am simply attracted to the sentiments they have expressed.Jai Sree Krishna. Hari Krishna.Bye. Girish.M.B.Tech. ECE.NITC.

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July 13, 2007

Dear Girishji,

Radhe Krishna!

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girish girish m wrote:

Hi all,

I would like to share my experience of my visit to Guruvayoor. I went

to Guruvayoor for the first time with my friends in 3rd semester

B.Tech. I was in NIT, Calicut, Kerala. Guruvayoor is just 3 hrs journey

away from Calicut.

We reached Guruvayoor at 2 am on saturday. All were coming for the

first time. We asked some people about place of bath and they guided

us. We headed straight to pond beside temple. I could see so many

people sleeping near the stage put in front of temple (where cultural

activities takes place). We took bath in the pond. I wore a mundu by

borrowing from a counter. I guess, I bought one - Rs 50 or so.

I could see so many people moving here and there, busy at 2.30 am !

Most men, without shirts, clad in white mundu and women mostly in white

sarees with some yellow/brown border. I always admired Keralites'

cleanliness in terms their dress and appearance. People began to stand

in the queue. I stood waiting for the temple to open.

Suddenly, they started playing some song - in Sanskrit. It was

melodious. I thought it is some suprabhatam sung by MS Subbulaxmi in

praise of Guruvayoorappan(Several years later, I understood it was

Narayaneeyam) Some temple worker came and started waking up sleeping

people on the platform. I was getting eager to enter temple.

Finally they opened the temple. I proceeded slowly. I heard many people

uttering Guvayoorappa ! Narayana ! Narayana! to themselves. I saw the

temple in surprise. It was so old ! Two tusks were above the main door.

An elephant's photo. Green light decorating it. Towards left of main

door, lots of coconut and a balance. I remembered tulabhara story of

Sri Krishan. We had to go round the temple for the queue. Many people

becoming emotional shouting Narayana ! Narayana ! The queue was a kind

of halt and proceed stuff. Finally when I was near the main entrance

for further inside, I saw a big vessel full of red seeds. People

putting hands in it and waving. This was all new for me. None of my

friends knew what they were doing. Everyone around us seemed familiar

with these activities. We felt shy to ask others.

Finally we entered further inside. The lord was being bathed. I could

hardly see the face. I could just see something black but was not able

to see eyes, mouth etc. I desperately tried to get a good glimpse. But

a temple worker scolded me and dragged me ahead. I was so dissapointed

and angry too.

We came to prasadam counter. I took sugar, butter and brown jaggery

payasam sweet and a green banana. The payasam was very hot. At first,

I thought the plastic bottle would melt. But it didn't. The payasam

tastes good when it becomes cold. You can drink even more. Unlike

Tirupati, where laddus are limited, we can get unlimited sweet here.

Still the fact that I couldn't see God properly was bugging me from

inside. I was terribly sad from within. I told my friends, I will

stand once again in the queue. They said they would wait for me

outside. I had darshan again. But after sufficient long time. I could

see Guruvayoorappan - small diety with a big smile. The face was

covered with sandalwood. The ears had some golden covering - which was

shining.I still remember the face. I thought the statue will be very

tall. But it was small. I was satisfied.

We visited elephant sanctuary. I wonder how do they feed so many

elephants ! A stick would be placed behind the ears of standing

elephants. I asked, why ? A mahout told it is instruction for elephant

"Chup Chaap Khade Raho" !! We went to beach and played so well. Some of

the beach area was very dirty. We also saw a Shiva temple.

After that vist, I have gone to Guruvayoor - three more times. Recently

one of my friend's marriage took place there. I saw elephant

processions in morning . In evening there was a procession of three

elephants with men sitting on them. The lamps glowing around the

temple. That looks spectacular. One of my good friends is an atheist. I

felt, atheists condemn the existence of God. But, here Lord is

worshipped so fantastically with majesty - everyday. Atheists come and

go. But Lord remains permanent. Guruvayoor bears a testimony for it.

If somebody is going to Guruvayoor from Bangalore, kindly intimate me.

I would like to go again. But I dont have any company. I would like to

go there with somebody who belongs to this group. Here people have so

much reverence for Guruvayoorappan and I am simply attracted to the

sentiments they have expressed.

Jai Sree Krishna. Hari Krishna.

Bye.

Girish.M.

B.Tech. ECE.

NITC.

July 14, 2007

Jai Sreekrishna Dear Girishji It was so nice to read your first expereince at Guruvayoor. You are lucky that during your first visit itself, you could have beatiful darshan of KANNAN as your mind was filled with Bhakti towards HIM. I fist went to Guruvayoor in 1982 immediately after my marraige. To be frank, I did not get a good darshan of KANNAN at that time. Still I did not feel anything bad about it. The reason,though I believed in God, the intensity was much much lesser. Therafter every year we used to go to Guruvayoor temple atleast for a day during vacation. Ofcourse I had good darshan of Kannan on a couple of times, but did not feel anything great sbout it. It was just like going to any other temple. My husband used to tell me you do not know that Mahatmyam of Guruvayoor and

that is why you are not having any feelings. It is only starting 1990, I started attending Saptaham and other Satsung where the glories of Lord Vishnu are praised and slowly slowly I got attracted to such things. I never kew what is Vishnu Sahasranamam until a friend of mine gave me a book and asked me to start reading it on Thursdays. I found it difficult in the begining, but then I decided to take the task. Thereafter the things started moving in great speed. I got the chance of attending Narayaneeyam class and once I got engrossed into it I understood fullly the Mahatmyam of "GURUPAVANAPURAM" and there is no looking back. I started reading more more about my KANNAN . My lifestyle changed quite a lot till then. I stopped eating non veg. I brought one vigraham of Unnikannan from

Guruvayoor . Now I do not drink even water unless and until I do pooja and offering for my KANNAN . I realiesed now I am in the right track. Thanks to that friend of mine who worked in my office on temporry basis for six months. I believe this was also HIS leela. My husband who came on vaction after this was really stunned and was in full praise of me and encouraged me and we started spending more days in Guruvayoor so that we can have a glimpse of all poojas turn by turn. See HIS leela. With HIS blessings, our daughter also have full faith in God and her Ishta Devata is Devi. What else I need? The moral of the story, HE gives chance to everyone to come closer to him . We have to understand that change our life accordingly. Then everything is easy as we can leave everything unto HIM. I have had enough of

misseries in life thereafter, but I could overcome all those only WITH HIS BLESSINGS. Hi all,I would like to share my experience of my visit to Guruvayoor. I went to Guruvayoor for the first time with my friends in 3rd semester B.Tech. I was in NIT, Calicut, Kerala. Guruvayoor is just 3 hrs journey away from Calicut.We reached

Guruvayoor at 2 am on saturday. All were coming for the first time. We asked some people about place of bath and they guided us. We headed straight to pond beside temple. I could see so many people sleeping near the stage put in front of temple (where cultural activities takes place). We took bath in the pond. I wore a mundu by borrowing from a counter. I guess, I bought one - Rs 50 or so.I could see so many people moving here and there, busy at 2.30 am ! Most men, without shirts, clad in white mundu and women mostly in white sarees with some yellow/brown border. I always admired Keralites' cleanliness in terms their dress and appearance. People began to stand in the queue. I stood waiting for the temple to open.Suddenly, they started playing some song - in Sanskrit. It was melodious. I thought it is some suprabhatam sung by MS Subbulaxmi in praise of Guruvayoorappan(Several years later, I understood it was Narayaneeyam) Some temple worker came

and started waking up sleeping people on the platform. I was getting eager to enter temple.Finally they opened the temple. I proceeded slowly. I heard many people uttering Guvayoorappa ! Narayana ! Narayana! to themselves. I saw the temple in surprise. It was so old ! Two tusks were above the main door. An elephant's photo. Green light decorating it. Towards left of main door, lots of coconut and a balance. I remembered tulabhara story of Sri Krishan. We had to go round the temple for the queue. Many people becoming emotional shouting Narayana ! Narayana ! The queue was a kind of halt and proceed stuff. Finally when I was near the main entrance for further inside, I saw a big vessel full of red seeds. People putting hands in it and waving. This was all new for me. None of my friends knew what they were doing. Everyone around us seemed familiar with these activities. We felt shy to ask others.Finally we entered further inside. The lord was being

bathed. I could hardly see the face. I could just see something black but was not able to see eyes, mouth etc. I desperately tried to get a good glimpse. But a temple worker scolded me and dragged me ahead. I was so dissapointed and angry too. We came to prasadam counter. I took sugar, butter and brown jaggery payasam sweet and a green banana. The payasam was very hot. At first, I thought the plastic bottle would melt. But it didn't. The payasam tastes good when it becomes cold. You can drink even more. Unlike Tirupati, where laddus are limited, we can get unlimited sweet here.Still the fact that I couldn't see God properly was bugging me from inside. I was terribly sad from within. I told my friends, I will stand once again in the queue. They said they would wait for me outside. I had darshan again. But after sufficient long time. I could see Guruvayoorappan - small diety with a big smile. The face was covered with sandalwood. The ears

had some golden covering - which was shining.I still remember the face. I thought the statue will be very tall. But it was small. I was satisfied.We visited elephant sanctuary. I wonder how do they feed so many elephants ! A stick would be placed behind the ears of standing elephants. I asked, why ? A mahout told it is instruction for elephant "Chup Chaap Khade Raho" !! We went to beach and played so well. Some of the beach area was very dirty. We also saw a Shiva temple. After that vist, I have gone to Guruvayoor - three more times. Recently one of my friend's marriage took place there. I saw elephant processions in morning . In evening there was a procession of three elephants with men sitting on them. The lamps glowing around the temple. That looks spectacular. One of my good friends is an atheist. I felt, atheists condemn the existence of God. But, here Lord is worshipped so fantastically with majesty - everyday. Atheists come and go. But

Lord remains permanent. Guruvayoor bears a testimony for it.If somebody is going to Guruvayoor from Bangalore, kindly intimate me. I would like to go again. But I dont have any company. I would like to go there with somebody who belongs to this group. Here people have so much reverence for Guruvayoorappan and I am simply attracted to the sentiments they have expressed.Jai Sree Krishna. Hari Krishna.Bye. Girish.M.B.Tech. ECE.NITC.

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