The Role Of Nearby Temples in Pilgrimage Tours To Guruvayur

The Role Of Nearby Templesin Pilgrimage Tours To Guruvayur

 The Guruvayur temple is one of the most crowded Hindu temples of Kerala and it is located in Guruvayur town of the Thrissur district of kerala.

The temple is also surrounded by various temples and it also makes the temple more crowded. Thos who are planning a visit to guruvayur temple or the other nearby temples also visit all these temples which are nearby. So it increases the flow of the devotees in all the temples that are located nearby.

The Guruvayur temple is the most popular but the Mammiyur temple which is located about 600 meters away from the temple is also considered part of the Guruvayur. It is believed that the devotees who are visiting the Guruvayur temple must visit the Mammiyur temple before going to Guruvayur.

There is a strong connection between the Guruvayur and the Mammiyoor temple. The temple was dedicated to the Mahadeva before he was situated in the place where the present Guruvayur temple is located.

According to the legend it is believed that the lord Mahadeva was shifted to Mammiyoor to provide enough space for the establishment of the ido of lord Krishna.

There are some other local temples named the Parthasarathy temple and Chamundeswari temple. One is dedicated to lord Parthasarathy, an incarnation of lord Krishna as the arjuna’s charioteer and the other one is dedicated to the goddess Chamundeswari Devi.

All these temples have mythical connections to the Guruvayur temple so those people who are coming to these places do not miss to visit these temples too. The place Guruvayur is one of the hubs of Hindu temples of Kerala and it makes the place the popular pilgrimage site.