Guest guest Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 OM NAMO NARAYANAYA Ms. Shakta Kaur, Plan your visit to Guruvayoor Temple at the earliest. In front of Lord SHREE GURUVAYOORAPPAN, all of us are one at the same. No differentiation between Brahmins and others. Some time in Feb., I think the temple festival is going to be conducted. I do not remember the dates. You can have enough photos / pictures of Lord, or books of Lord from the temple complex. Regards (mukundan menon) On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 shaktakaur_bayant wrote : >Hello Devotees, > >I am new to the worship of Guruvayoorappan. I am keen to learn His >namajapa and how to worship Him. I dont' have any photo/picture with >me. I have never visited Guruvayur. I heard only Brahmins are given >preferrential treatment in the temple. Please guide me. > >Thanks! >Ms. Shakta Kaur > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2008 Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 Ms ShaktaKaurji, I would like to add that you can get more information about Guruvayur and Guruvayurappan (1)http://www.guruvayurdevaswom.org/ (this is the official website of the Guruvayur Devaswom - the committee that manages/runs the day- to-day administration of the temple) 2)then the website associated with this group - http://www.guruvayoor.com/ created by the owner and Chief moderator of this group Shri Sunil Menon. 3) If you are interested to participate in the Koti Naama Yagnam, there are two ways to enter your naama japams. 1. send an email with your nama japam - only " Om Namo Narayanaya: " (generally 108, 51, 1008 etc) - to email guruvayur.kotiarchana 2. Second method is to join the Koti Archana web site with a GMAIL account (Google email), so that you can type your naama japams directly to our Koti Japam site. Also check out the guruvayur or guruvayur/links/ for very helpful resources. You also wrote " I am new to the worship of Guruvayoorappan. I am keen to learn His namajapa and how to worship Him. I dont' have any photo/picture with me. I have never visited Guruvayur. I heard only Brahmins are given preferrential treatment in the temple. Please guide me " - I can only say that if the desire to worship Guruvayurappan has risen in you, that is Guruvayurappan's doing. The history of Guruvayur is full of stories and legends that will make you realize that all is asked of you is pure and innocent devotion. Please bear with me and read the following snippets from wikipedia- " Legend goes, though Poonthanam and Melpathur were great devotees of Lord Guruvayurappan, Poonthanam, a great poet, who wrote his verses in the vernacular, was famous for his bhakthi where as Melpathur, an erudite scholar and great poet in Sanskrit was known for his vibhakthi. The Lord was partial towards Poonthanam than Melpathur. Melpathur used to laugh at Poonthanam's Sanskrit reading and recitation. One day Poonthanam was wrongly reciting " Padmanabho Maraprabhu " ,which means Lord of trees in Malayalam. Melpathur openly laughed at Poonthanam and corrected saying, Padmanabha is not Maraprabhu (Lord of trees) but Amaraprabhu (which means Lord of immortals in Sanskrit). Immediately, there was an asareeri (celestial voice) from the inner shrine, " I am also Maraprabhu " (Lord of trees). [2] Once, Bhattatiri in contempt of (Poonthanam's efforts to popularize bhakti works in the local language) Malayalam, refused to edit `Sri Krishna Karnamrutham' of Poonthanam, causing displeasure to the latter. On the same day of this incident, the paralytic disease of Bhattatiri, cured earlier by God's grace, re-emerged in virulence. Lord Krishna, appearing before Bhattatiri in dream, declared: " To me the bhakti (devotion) of Poonthanam is far more pleasing than your vibhakti (scholarship). " I hope going through our posts and the links above will encourage you to be an active member. May Guruvayurappan grant you all the faith and strength to be a devoted bhaktha. Om Namo Narayanaya. Veena. guruvayur , " shaktakaur_bayant " <shaktakaur_bayant wrote: > > Hello Mukundan, > > I will definitely plan to visit the temple. Thank you for replying > to my post. I am truly indebted to Guruvayurappan to be associated > with His devotees. > > Regards, > Ms. Shakta Kaur > > > > -- In guruvayur , " mukundan Ramanarayan Menon " > <kkm38@> wrote: > > > > OM NAMO NARAYANAYA > > > > Ms. Shakta Kaur, > > Plan your visit to Guruvayoor Temple at the earliest. > > > > In front of Lord SHREE GURUVAYOORAPPAN, all of us are one at the > same. No differentiation between Brahmins and others. > > > > Some time in Feb., I think the temple festival is going to be > conducted. I do not remember the dates. > > > > You can have enough photos / pictures of Lord, or books of Lord > from the temple complex. > > > > Regards > > > > (mukundan menon) > > On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 shaktakaur_bayant wrote : > > >Hello Devotees, > > > > > >I am new to the worship of Guruvayoorappan. I am keen to learn His > > >namajapa and how to worship Him. I dont' have any photo/picture > with > > >me. I have never visited Guruvayur. I heard only Brahmins are > given > > >preferrential treatment in the temple. Please guide me. > > > > > >Thanks! > > >Ms. Shakta Kaur > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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