Dwarka Of South India.
Guruvayur Sri Krishna Temple is a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Guruvayurappan, who is a four armed version of Vishnu, worshipped mainly in Kerala. He is the presiding deity of the temple who is being worshipped as Shri Krishna in his infant form.
The temple is very well organized and functions like a well oiled machine, opening at 3 am in the morning, and there are daily five pujas and three circumambulatory processions of the deity on an elephant, and finally closing at 10 pm at night. There are special timings for senior citizens from 7 am to 8 am and then again from 4.30 pm to 6 pm, without any entry fee. We decided to go for the evening darshan but still had to wait in the queue for about half an hour. We were allowed to go in batches and we joined the general public once we entered the temple. We had a good darshan of the Lord, and I could see his shiny black eyes looking piercingly back to me through the dim light. We had a good minute to view the idol and it indeed seemed that he was blessing us.
There is a strict dress code we had to adhere to. Men can only wear dhotis and nothing to cover the chest. I took off my shirt before entering and carried it with me. Ladies can wear sarees or salwar kameez, but not jeans or shorts.
After darshan we went to the Prasad Hall where we were served the holy meal which consisted of a small elaichi banana, some upma and a glass of some sweet flavoured syrup. After keeping our steel utensils in the washroom we exited the temple.
The temple is very well organized and functions like a well oiled machine, opening at 3 am in the morning, and there are daily five pujas and three circumambulatory processions of the deity on an elephant, and finally closing at 10 pm at night. There are special timings for senior citizens from 7 am to 8 am and then again from 4.30 pm to 6 pm, without any entry fee. We decided to go for the evening darshan but still had to wait in the queue for about half an hour. We were allowed to go in batches and we joined the general public once we entered the temple. We had a good darshan of the Lord, and I could see his shiny black eyes looking piercingly back to me through the dim light. We had a good minute to view the idol and it indeed seemed that he was blessing us.
There is a strict dress code we had to adhere to. Men can only wear dhotis and nothing to cover the chest. I took off my shirt before entering and carried it with me. Ladies can wear sarees or salwar kameez, but not jeans or shorts.
After darshan we went to the Prasad Hall where we were served the holy meal which consisted of a small elaichi banana, some upma and a glass of some sweet flavoured syrup. After keeping our steel utensils in the washroom we exited the temple.
Date of experience: November 2019
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