10/23/2014

Kerala Mythology: Legend of Guruvayur Temple

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Legend of Guruvayur Temple

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There are many ancient temples in Kerala, but Guruvayur Krishna temple stands apart from all the
rest with its many legends and myths. The deity itself is unique as it has been carved out from a
special stone and it is believed to have done by Lord Vishnu himself. It is in his Majestic form or
Vishwarupa. He presented it to Lord Shiva and n turn he presented it to Lord Brahma. King Manu
and his were worshipping Lord Brahma on those days for a child. Being happy with their devotion,
Lord Brahma gave the deity to them and asked to worship it with great devotion. They followed his
instruction and Lord Vishnu appeared in front of them as he was pleased with their devotion. He told
them that he will take birth as their son in their four births and he will bring the deity along with him
in all these four births, so that they can continue their divine worship in four births.
First he took birth as Prasnigurbha,
who appeared in front of Druva and
created the planet Druvaloka for
Druva. He is also responsible for
giving Brahmacharya or Celibacy to
the world. In the next birth, King and
Queen took birth as Kashyapa and
Aditi. Lord took birth as their son
Vaman. In the two successive births
they came to earth as Dasharatha and
Kausalya and Vasudeva and Devaki.
In both the occasions, Lord took birth
as their son, Sri Rama and Sri Krishna
respectively. During his incarnation as
Krishna he took the deity to Dwaraka
and used to worship it along with his
wife Rukmini and his devotee Uddhava.
Days have passed and the time has come for Krishna for ascension to heaven. He asked Uddhava
to handover the deity to Brihaspathy, the master of Devas (Demigods) to find out a suitable place
and to install it. Unfortunately, Dwaraka has been swallowed by the great deluge before Uddhava
can reach Brihaspathy. However, Brihaspathy came to know about the instruction of Krishna and
he, with the help of his devotee Vayu, the god of wind located the floating deity and took it and
started searching for an ideal place to keep it. In their journey they entered present day Kerala
where they met Parasurama, who was on his efforts to bring the same deity to Kerala. He took both
Brihaspathy and Vayu to a place which was blessed with greenery and there was a lotus pond too.
They felt the presence of Lord Siva and Goddess Parvathy too there.

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Suddenly Siva and Parvathy appeared in front of them and gave permission for installing the deity
there. Both Siva and Parvathy went to the opposite side of the pond which is called as Mammiyoor.
Since the deity has been installed by Guru (master in Sanskrit) and Vayu (the god of wind) the
place has got the name as Guruvayur means the place of Guru and Vayu in the local language
Malayalam.
As Lord Siva and Goddess Parvathy went to Mammiyoor to provide place for installing this deity, it
is believed that the visit of Guruvayur Temple will not be completed without a visit to Mammiyoor
Siva Temple. The devotees who are not able to go to Mammiyoor will pray facing north-west
direction where the temple is located.

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