Days spent in Guruvayur; hope this spiritual count would be repeated sure
Days spent in Guruvayur were largely illustrative of a desire to celebrate each day no matter what the weather looked and who all were in the fray. Late monday night and early tuesday morning (16-17) the temple town was greeted with heavy showers when i had stepped inside the Spiritual Town for not even 10 hours. Tuesday began with a sweat defined template as humidity had ascended following the thick sheets of shower crate. Queues to the Guruvayur were long and illustrative of a long hope; the best illustration of the structured movement was howsoever long the trail may look it was just under two hours the entire collected crowd could disperse. Small iron waist length pillars that could ease the movement from one end to another and if the crowd went beyond that every care was taken that all those collected were under shelter layer.
Once inside the temple and if no rituals were underway, the devotees could approach the sanctum sanctorum with an understanding that having sighted the Lord they would make way for others lest the authorities would ask them to do the same. This has to be followed by taking a round of Lord Ganesha and before exiting one could spend few moments near the exit door. Once outside the sanctum sanctorum you were in the precincts of the temple amidst those who had been halting for some hours taking round of the temple; those who had come later and waiting for their turn for prasadam and surely among those who were in a corner reciting a mantra. Those having come from far off places would see to it that they made most of their stay and before bidding good bye tried to gain another glimpse near the exit gate. The best part of Guruvayur Dewaswom has been no matter when you take an exit, the view of the Lord can still be gained if you are at East Nadar. East Nadar happens to be the front gate and herein all forms of activities related to the Lord can be ascertained.
For those gaining entry from the front gate after having gone past through waist length iron pillars that segregates the queue, the next turn is to turn left and few metres away you ascend and descend. Few metres later again turning left you are in sanctum sanctorum and herein the one sight should be enough to let others get their chance. A prayer written and read can be accomplished in a corner. Once outside the best part is to leave the premises for other devotees waiting for their turn to get in.
A word of praise for the authorities for keeping a smooth movement of the crowd. For those desiring of taking rice with vegetables prasadam there is a separate line for that. Beginning at 10 in the morning the free meals prasadam gets over by half past 12.
All in all Guruvayur is one spiritual centre that could get you the access to the Lord you desire and thereby keeps limited the belly that is amidst fire. Aspirations we are all bound with. Aspirations should be to a point nocturnal; and if ever aspirations get eternal which can slain and sway others let that thought be never read and made verbal.
Days spent in Guruvayur were largely illustrative of a desire to celebrate each day no matter what the weather looked and who all were in the fray. Late monday night and early tuesday morning (16-17) the temple town was greeted with heavy showers when i had stepped inside the Spiritual Town for not even 10 hours. Tuesday began with a sweat defined template as humidity had ascended following the thick sheets of shower crate. Queues to the Guruvayur were long and illustrative of a long hope; the best illustration of the structured movement was howsoever long the trail may look it was just under two hours the entire collected crowd could disperse. Small iron waist length pillars that could ease the movement from one end to another and if the crowd went beyond that every care was taken that all those collected were under shelter layer.
Once inside the temple and if no rituals were underway, the devotees could approach the sanctum sanctorum with an understanding that having sighted the Lord they would make way for others lest the authorities would ask them to do the same. This has to be followed by taking a round of Lord Ganesha and before exiting one could spend few moments near the exit door. Once outside the sanctum sanctorum you were in the precincts of the temple amidst those who had been halting for some hours taking round of the temple; those who had come later and waiting for their turn for prasadam and surely among those who were in a corner reciting a mantra. Those having come from far off places would see to it that they made most of their stay and before bidding good bye tried to gain another glimpse near the exit gate. The best part of Guruvayur Dewaswom has been no matter when you take an exit, the view of the Lord can still be gained if you are at East Nadar. East Nadar happens to be the front gate and herein all forms of activities related to the Lord can be ascertained.
For those gaining entry from the front gate after having gone past through waist length iron pillars that segregates the queue, the next turn is to turn left and few metres away you ascend and descend. Few metres later again turning left you are in sanctum sanctorum and herein the one sight should be enough to let others get their chance. A prayer written and read can be accomplished in a corner. Once outside the best part is to leave the premises for other devotees waiting for their turn to get in.
A word of praise for the authorities for keeping a smooth movement of the crowd. For those desiring of taking rice with vegetables prasadam there is a separate line for that. Beginning at 10 in the morning the free meals prasadam gets over by half past 12.
All in all Guruvayur is one spiritual centre that could get you the access to the Lord you desire and thereby keeps limited the belly that is amidst fire. Aspirations we are all bound with. Aspirations should be to a point nocturnal; and if ever aspirations get eternal which can slain and sway others let that thought be never read and made verbal.
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