GURUVAYUR TEMPLE

GURUVAYUR TEMPLE :ഗുരുവായൂർ അമ്പലം

BHOOLOKAVAIKUNDA THE HEAVEN ON EARTH

Beautiful devotional song

OM NAMO NARAYANAYA 

The Temple has a history dating back to the time of Shri Krishna. It is said that Lord Krishna when his kingdom was being submerged in the great flood or 'pralaya' asked Brihaspathi, the Guru of Devas and Vayu, the Wind-God to install the idol of Lord Vishnu that he was worshipping in a place.

 They (Guru and Vayu) came down to a place down south and installed it. This is why the place got its name Guruvayoor, where 'oor' means place. It is also said that Lord Shiva and His Wife Parvathy were present in this auspicious moment and because there was a lack of space in the tmple premises, He moved a little further away, and gives his blessings from Mammiyoor Temple, which is a ten minute walk from the Guruvayoor Temple.

 Every devotee who goes to Guruvayoor is supposed to go to Mammiyoor also, as the ritual goes. It is made of Pathalanjana Shila ( a variation of black granite that is harder than metal) and is considered extremely sacred..

 Melputhur Narayana Bhattathiripad has written Narayaneeyam and submitted before Guruvayoorappan to get out of his seveare chronic rheumatic disease.

MELPATHUR

The Jnanapana (means the song of wisdom) written in simple Malayalam is Poonthanam's greatest work. Melpathur was the most popular Sanskrit scholar of that time. Poonthanam showed the draft of his Jnanapana to Melpathur. Malayalam was not accepted in the learned circle those days and Melpathur had contempt for Malayalam, which was not considered equal to Sanskrit. He refused to see Poonthanam's work and told him blatantly to learn Sanskrit and then start writing. This act of Melpathur hurt Poonthanam. Melpathur was composing Narayaneeyam in those days and when he came next day to offer dasaka of ten slokas (ten stanzas) before the Lord, he could not utter a single word. A small boy in his teens, never seen before presented himself and pointed out mistakes after mistakes in the slokas composed by Melpathur. After ten mistakes in ten slokas Melpathur realised the divinity of the boy. He fell at the feet of the boy but the boy disappeared and there was an asareeri (celestial voice) saying, "Poonthanam's Bhakthi (devotion) is more pleasing to me than Melpathur's Vibhakthi (learning or knowledge in Sanskrit grammar)". Melpathur realised his mistake and asked Poonthanam to pardon him and amended his arrogance by reading the works of Poonthanam.

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