Guruvayur Temple

Guruvayur Temple is located in Kerala. The main deity of this temple is Lord Vishnu is in the form of Lord Krishna here in this temple and it is one of the famous five Krishna temples. Guruvayur is also known as “Bhuloka Vaikunta”. The Guruvayur is also said be called as Guruvayur Appan. The statue of the Lord is made up of stone in black antimony which is considered as magnetic stone and also treated for making special medicine. The abhishekam on every morning is done with sesame oil and with special herbs to Lord Guruvayur and devotees used to visit this temple early in the morning and drunk the abhishekam water which has some special effect as it is received touching the magnetic stone of the body of Lord Guruvayur. The temple has a pond where Lord Shiva and his family worshipped Lord Vishnu there the pond came to be known as “Rudratheertham”. The important religious festivals celebrated in this temple are Mandala pooja, Thiruvonam, Saraswathy pooja, Samkramam and Ashtami/Rohini. The other auspicious festivals are Ekadasi, navaratri, Sivaratri, and Thiruvathira. The temple has strict dress code for the devotees who visit this temple the men should wear Mundu around their waist without covering their chest and women should wear only sari or salwar kameez no other dress code is entertained in this temple. The temple prasadam Sandal powder is very popular as you can see all the priest and malayalee having this on their forehead. The devotees of Lord Guruvayur are blessed with all success and prosperity in life.