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Guruvayoor is a small town in the Trissur district of Kerala, south India. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x720, 83 KB)Gurovayoor temple eastern entrance! File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x720, 83 KB)Gurovayoor temple eastern entrance! File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Guruvayoor Temple entrance The Guruvayoor Temple has a history dating back to the time of Shri Krishna. ...
Thrissur (Malayalam: തൃശàµàµª) is a city situated in the central part of Kerala state, India. ...
Kerala (IPA: ; Malayalam: കേരളം — Keralam) is a state on the southwestern tropical Malabar Coast of India. ...
A map of Southern India, its rivers, regions and water bodies. ...
Also spelled as Guruvayur, it is a temple town located at 10.30 North and 76.07 East. It is 25 km to the north west of Thrissur City in Thrissur district. It is famous for its Shri Krishna Swamy Temple which is many centuries old and one of the most important in Kerala. The temple is famous as a site for pilgrimage and also a Cultural centre as it is one of the centre-points along which Kerala literature and art-forms have been developed. There are other temples nearby. Thrissur (Malayalam: തൃശàµàµª) is a city situated in the central part of Kerala state, India. ...
Guruvayoor Temple entrance The Guruvayoor Temple has a history dating back to the time of Shri Krishna. ...
Kerala (IPA: ; Malayalam: കേരളം — Keralam) is a state on the southwestern tropical Malabar Coast of India. ...
Another attraction is the famous Elephant Sanctuary near the temple where elephants are trained for temple purposes. Here right now more than 60 elephants are kept. All these elephants were offered by devotees of Lord Guruvayurappa. Gajapooja (Worshipping Elephants) & Anayoottu (Feeding Elephants) are conducted here, as an offering to Lord Ganesha. The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee, was founded in 1995 as the United States first elephant refuge, recreating a natural habitat for sick, old, and/or needy elephants. ...
Buses ply every few minutes from Thrissur Shaktan Thampuran Bus Stand. Buses also operate from other places like Ernakulam, Kottayam, Palakkad, Kozhikode, Kottarakkara and also from Trivandrum. The railway operates passenger local trains to Thrissur and Cochin and also an overnight express train to Trivandrum and further to Chennai. It is 80 km away from Kochi International Airport. Sakthan Thampuran Raja Rama Varma Actual name of Sakthan Thampuran was Raja Rama Varma (1751-1805). ...
For the district with the same name, see Ernakulam District. ...
For the district with the same name, see Kottayam District. ...
For the district with the same name, see Palakkad District. ...
See: Kozhikode District for district specific details. ...
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Indian Coffee House Thiruvananthapuram or Thiruvanathapuram (formerly known as Trivandrum) is the capital (population - 889,191 (2001)) of the state of Kerala, India. ...
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See also
Lord Guruvayoorappa Guruvayurappan (Devanagari ) or Guruvayoorappan is a form of Vishnu worshipped and held in reverence by Hindus, predominantly in South India. ...
Guruvayoor Temple entrance The Guruvayoor Temple has a history dating back to the time of Shri Krishna. ...
External links Guruvayoor elephants
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