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  Welcome to Guruvayur.. The Bhooloka vaikunda ....
However, today Guruvayur is synonymous with the Sree Krishna or Guruvayurappan Temple located there so that when anybody says he is going to Guruvayur, it is understood that it may be to this famous temple.
Guruvayur Devaswom elephant sanctuary -one of the largest elephant sanitarium in all over the world, also known as Punnathurkotta is 3km far from Guruvayur Temple
Lord's Thidambu is taken to the Rudratheertha (temple pond) for Aarattu, amidst the chanting of mantras.
www.guruvayur.com   (330 words)

  
  Guruvayur Apartments
People in Guruvayur were delighted to see such an enterprise coming up in their town.
Veeramani Apartments, the maiden venture of the Veeramani Group in Guruvayur, is a residential apartment community.
However, today Guruvayur is synonymous with the Sree Krishna or Guruvayurappan Temple located there so that when anybody says he is going to Guruvayur, it is understood that it may be to this famous temple.
www.veeramani.com /advt.htm   (483 words)

  
 VEDA - Vedas and Vedic Knowledge Online - Vedic Encyclopedia, Bhakti-yoga in vedas, Library
Guruvayur is one of the most enchanting and glorious temples in all of India.
The faith of the pilgrims who visit Guruvayur is expressed in their earnest and sincere faces as they enter the temple.
At Guruvayur, whether on the days of great festivals or in the moments before the evening procession, when then thousand oil lamps are being lit, or while hearing about Kesava, the king of the elephants, the pilgrim naturally feels a growing desire to glorify the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krsna.
www.veda.harekrsna.cz /encyclopedia/holyplaces.htm   (5440 words)

  
 Kerala Guruvayur
Guruvayur has got a railway station towards the east of the temple which is connected to the Madras-Mangalore main line at Thrissur.
Guruvayur is well connected with the other parts of the country by road.
44 elephants belong to the Guruvayur Krishna Temple are fenced and fed in the Punnathur Kotta.
www.kerala-tourism.com /guruvayur.htm   (544 words)

  
 News Letter - 2000 Vol. VIII - Ksetrasampada of Guruvayur Temple - PRG Mathur
Guruvayur is situated 29 kilometers away from Trichur, a township well connected with liberal bus services and road networks.
Traditionally Guruvayur was a temple state subordinate to bigger complex of Trikkanamantilakam.
Guruvayur is believed to have become divine because of the prolonged penance of ›iva in the
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 Gvr Kesavan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Guruvayur keshavan, the famed King of Elephants was a great presence in the portals of the temple when he was alive.
Krishnanattam : Of the cultural programs and religious discourses conducted at Guruvayur, special mention must be made of the dance-drama known as Krishnanattam — the dance of Krishna — which is very popular.
Inspired by his own experience with the Lord of Guruvayur he wrote a series of eight dramas called Krishna Geeti representing the important incidents in the life of Lord Krishna.
www.gurupavanapuri.com /temple/kesavan.asp   (363 words)

  
 NARAYANEEYAM
Guruvayur Sri Krishna Temple's history goes into the mist of antiquity and it stands 25 km north-west of Trichur in Kerala state.
The Guruvayur Temple in Kerala depicts Krishna [Krishnavathara] as he appeared to Vasudeva and Devaki at the time of His birth on this earth with four arms carrying the conch, the discus, the mace, and the lotus, Tulsi garland and pearl necklace.
Guruvayur is so sacred that it is considered the Vaikunta on earth (Bhuloka Vaikunta) with MahaVishnu appearing with four hands.
www.bhagavadgitausa.com /NARAYANEEYAM.htm   (4529 words)

  
 India Travel Blog: ON TUSKER TRAIL AT GURUVAYUR TEMPLE
Guruvayur is located on the National Highway 17 in the stretch between Kochi and Kozhikode, approximately 100km from each of these towns.
Guruvayur has a railway station, and the nearest airport is in Kochi.
Guruvayur is a decent sized town and finding some basic to mid-range hotel accommodation in the town should not be difficult on a normal day.
travel.paintedstork.com /blog/2006/12/on-tusker-trail-at-guruvayur-temple.html   (1186 words)

  
 Guruvayur Temple, Guruvayur Temple Kerala, Tourism in Guruvayur, Guruvayur Tourism India, Tourism of Guruvayur, India ...
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Guruvayur, aptly called the Dwarka of the South, is one of the most significant pilgrimage centers in India.
The Guruvayur Temple is unique, as it is not built in the typical South Indian style of temple architecture.
www.tourism-of-india.com /guruvayur.html   (862 words)

  
 welcome to Guruvayur
GURUVAYUR’ -Dwaraka of south - is one of the most famous Sree Krishna temples in India.
They advised to install the image at this place and they themselves shifted to the opposite bank of the lake known as Mammiyoor temple.(It is belived that those devotees who come for Sree Krishna Temple must visit the Siva temple at Mammiyur).
The deity of Guruvayur is thus called Guruvayurappan, the Lord (APPAN) of Guruvayur.
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 Guruvayur Temple, Guruvayur Temple Kerala, Tourism in Guruvayur, Guruvayur Tourism India, Tourism of Guruvayur, India ...
Guruvayur, aptly called the Dwarka of the South, is one of the most significant pilgrimage centers in India.
The Guruvayur Temple is unique, as it is not built in the typical South Indian style of temple architecture.
The temple and the place came to be known as Guruvayur, a reverential and semantic reference to the sponsors, Guru and Vayu.
tourism-of-india.com /guruvayur.html   (862 words)

  
 Guruvayur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guruvayur (also written Guruvayoor) is a small town in Thrissur district in the Indian state of Kerala.
It is a temple (Guruvayur Temple) town located at 10°36′N 76°3′E with a population of 21,187 (2001 census).
It is famous for the Guruvayur temple which is many centuries old and one of the most important in Kerala.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guruvayur   (414 words)

  
 1Up India > Indian Pilgrimages, India > Guruvayur- a pilgrim place
Guruvayur is just off the coastal Highway No. 17 and 29 km from Thrissur.
Guruvayur is Kerala's most renowned Krishna Temple, a place of pilgrimage for thousands of devotees from all over India.
The annual utsavam or festival at Guruvayur is held with all the pomp and pageantry associated with Kerala religious celebrations with elephants, panchavadyam, processions.
www.1upindia.com /pilgrimages/guruvayur.html   (286 words)

  
 Guruvayur
In fact, the atmosphere of devotion which pervades Guruvayur is so sublime and charming that one easily experiences transcendence when visiting this holy place.
Since India's independence from British rule in 1947, Guruvayur has not enjoyed the patronage of Hindu royalty, yet the temple has prospered and is presently one of the most popular in the country.
When pilgrims arrive at Guruvayur, they are reminded of Keshava by his giant tusks and protrait displayed above the main entrance to the temple.
www.vtweb.com /gosai/chaitanya/saranagati/html/nmj_articles/guruvayur/guruvayur_1.html   (2450 words)

  
 Guruvayur
In fact, the atmosphere of devotion which pervades Guruvayur is so sublime and charming that one easily experiences transcendence when visiting this holy place.
Since India's independence from British rule in 1947, Guruvayur has not enjoyed the patronage of Hindu royalty, yet the temple has prospered and is presently one of the most popular in the country.
When pilgrims arrive at Guruvayur, they are reminded of Keshava by his giant tusks and protrait displayed above the main entrance to the temple.
www.gosai.com /chaitanya/saranagati/html/nmj_articles/guruvayur/guruvayur_1.html   (2450 words)

  
 Welcome to Thrissur - Places of worship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Guruvayur, located in Chavkkad Taluk where the famous Sree Krishna Temple is situated, is one of the most sacred and important pilgrim centres of India.
It is believed that Devaguru - Brahaspathi and Vayu Bhagavan in the presence of Parasurama adomed the idol at Guruvayur.
Guruvayur Sathyagraha of historical importance was launched in front of this temple inn.
thrissur.nic.in /Temple.htm   (540 words)

  
 Guruvayur Temple - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Located in the Guruvayur town of Trissur district in Kerala,India it is easily accessible by road and rail.
The Guruvayur temple is believed to be at least 5,000 years old and the main idol is believed to have been installed by Brihaspati and Vayu, and to have been blessed by Shiva and Parvati.
However, for several hundred years, Guruvayur became embroiled in conflicts and invasions of Muslims and European invaders.In 1716 AD, the Dutch raided Guruvayur, looting treasures, the gold of the flag staff, setting fire to the Western Gopuram, etc. The temple was later repaired in 1747 AD.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guruvayur_Temple   (1558 words)

  
 The Hindu : Kerala News : Meet to discuss master plan for Guruvayur
GURUVAYUR: The Chief Minister, Oommen Chandy, will have to attend to a plethora of problems when he arrives here on Tuesday for a brain-storming and on-the-spot decision-taking session as part of the State Government's initiative to chalk out a master plan for the development of the temple town.
The Guruvayur Devaswom, the Guruvayur Municipality, the local MLA and MP as well as representatives of other organisations and social activists are planning to submit their proposals for the development of Guruvayur to the Chief Minister.
There are also demands for the construction of a railway overbridge at Guruvayur as well as for schemes for taping the tourism potential of the areas such as the Anakotta, the elephant yard of Guruvayur Devaswom located at Punnathurkotta.
www.thehindu.com /thehindu/2005/05/09/stories/2005050906150400.htm   (638 words)

  
 Temple Looting in Kerala—Then and Now
The Guruvayur Dewaswom was also "persuaded" by the Kerala Government to invest one crore of rupees in the Indira Vikas Patrika.
And this ten crores with the Guruvayur Dewaswom is but a microscopic sum when compared to the vast funds—running into thousands of crores "available with the lavishly foreign-funded churches and mosques.
When the Kerala chief minister equates the depositing of Guruvayur temple funds with the treasury with bank deposits the crucial fact that there is no withdrawal facility in the treasury is kept under wraps.
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 Welcome to Guruvayur.. The Bhooloka vaikunda ....
The elephant sanctuary at Punnathur Kotta, 3 Kms away from Sree Krishna Temple, Guruvayur, is the largest elephant sanctuary, with more than 62 trained elephants, all in one campus.
Most of the pilgrims and other tourists who come to Guruvayur, visit Anakkotta.
Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission is prohibited.
www.guruvayur.com /anakotta.htm   (92 words)

  
 Guruvayoor (Guruvayur). Thrissur. Districts. Kerala & Other Links - CalicutNet.com
Guruvayur is one of the famous temples of south india.Thousands of devotees from all over the country...
Guruvayur Hotel Fort Gate thrissur, guruvayoor-hotel in the temple city of kerala india...
Guruvayur - Gurupavanapuri -, situated in Thrissur District, the seacoast town of Malabar.
www.calicutnet.com /links/kerala/thrissur/gruvayoor.htm   (319 words)

  
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In a statement here, the association president, D Ananthasubramaniam, and the general secretary, P Krishnakumar, said that the railway authorities had changed the departure time of the train at Thrissur to 4.40 a.m.
The association pointed out that the earlier arrival time of the train at Guruvayur was convenient to devotees to pray for the `Vakacharthu' at the Sri Krishna Temple there.
The devotees bound for Guruvayur had also complained to the authorities about the change in the timing of the train.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003032401910300.htm&date=2003/03/24/&prd=th&   (328 words)

  
 Guruvayur Temple,Guruvayur Temple in Kerala,Lord Krishna Guruvayur Temple
Guruvayur Temple,Guruvayur Temple in Kerala,Lord Krishna Guruvayur Temple
Situated approximately 33 kms from Thrissur, Guruvayur temple is one of the most famous temples of Lord Krishna in South India.
Guruvayur temple is linked with Melpattur Narayana Bhattathiri, the author of 'Narayaneeyam' (16th century) a Sanskrit work comprising 1000 slokas (couplets) of inimitable beauty which is believed to have been composed in front of the deity here.
www.krishnajanmashtami.com /guruvayur-temple-kerala.html   (286 words)

  
 Online Darshan
There are a few local trains between Thrissur and Guruvayur, but the bus is much more convenient.
You can get the bus to Guruvayur from Thrissur by the train station and at many other locations in the city.
As Guruvayur is a very important pilgrimage site, the bus station can be hectic.
www.onlinedarshan.com /citytravel.asp?city=Guruvayur   (150 words)

  
 Guruvayur Festival, Guruvayur Festival India,Chembai Guruvayur Festival,Guruvayur Temple In India, Festival Kerala ...
When one makes a tour to India, Guruvayur temple is one temple he should not miss, especially during the festival season.
During this festival, a kani (omen) consisting of konna flowers, raw rice, gold, betel leaves and nuts, yellow cucumber and coins, are so arranged in front of the family deity in the previous night itself, so that one sees them at first glimpse on waking up in the morning.
Seeing the kani at Guruvayur is considered very auspicious and hence millions of devotees stay overnight, blindfold themselves and set their eyes on the Kani and the glorious deity as the doors are as usual opened for the dharshan at 3 a.m.
grouptourstoindia.com /india-fair-festivals/guruvayur-festival.html   (496 words)

  
 Guruvayur Travel,Guruvayur Tourism,Guruvayur Guide,Guruvayur City Travel in India
Guruvayur is a very important pilgrimage centre, also known as the Dwarka of the South.
The idol was duly placed at this spot and called Guruvayurappan, or the Lord of Guruvayur.
Nearest rail head is Trichur Railway Station 29 kms from Guruvayur.
www.destinationindia.com /travel_guide/kerala/guruvayur.html   (942 words)

  
 Guruvayur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Guruvayur, also known as the Dwarka of the South, is one of the most important pilgrimage centres in India.
Among the festivals at Guruvayur are Utsavam (Feb./March) with elephant race, processions and several rituals; Ekadasi -- lasts for 30 days (Nov./Dec.); Chembai Sangeetha Mela -- (Nov./Dec.), a music festival.
Guruvayur is also easily accessible by road via Trichur which has road connections with important towns within Kerala as well as with neighbouring Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
www.theindiatravelguide.com /test/guruvayur.htm   (291 words)

  
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GURUVAYUR: Guruvayur MLA, K.V. Abdul Khader has made it clear that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) is committed to the acquisition of 25 acres of land around the Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple.
He said executing the long-awaited drainage and drinking water schemes for Guruvayur would be his top priority.
The municipality and the Guruvayur Devaswom should work in tandem for the development of the temple town.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2006070909360300.htm&date=2006/07/09/&prd=th&   (100 words)

  
 India Tourism | Guruvayoor
Guruvayur is one of the most sacred and important pilgrim contres of Kerala, attracting thousands of pilgrims from all parts of the Countury.
Nearest rail head is Trichur 29 kms from Guruvayur.
Guruvayur, with its temple dedicated to Shree Krishna, is one of the most popular pilgrim centres of India.
www.india-tourism.com /EN/guruvayoor.html   (216 words)

  
 Guruvayur Kerala
Guruvayur is known as the Dwarka of the South and is famous for the Sri Krishna Temple.
Guruvayur is 30km west of Thrissur and 80km north of Ernakulam.
Guruvayur is known as Bhuloka Vaikuntha, “where the spiritual world meets the earth”.
www.vegetarian-restaurants.net /India-Guide/IndianStates/Kerala/Guruvayur.htm   (1846 words)

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