Guruvayur Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the Hindu lord, Guruvayurappan (four-armed form of the Lord Vishnu), located in the town of Guruvayur in Kerala, India. It is one of the most important places of worship for Hindus in Kerala and is often referred to as Bhuloka Vaikunta (Holy Abode of Vishnu on Earth). The presiding deity of the Guruvayur Temple is Guruvayoorappan (Vishnu, worshipped in the form of his avatar Krishna). The central icon is a four-armed standing Vishnu carrying the conch Panchajanya, the discus Sudarshana Chakra, the mace Kaumodaki, and a lotus with a Holy basil garland. This image represents the majestic form of Vishnu as revealed to Krishna's parents Vasudeva and Devaki around the time of Krishna's birth. Worship proceeds according to routines laid down by Adi Shankara and later written formally in the Tantric way, the inter-religious spiritual movement that arose in medieval India, by Chennas Narayanan Nambudiri (born in 1427). The Chennas Nambudiris are the hereditary tantris (high priest) of the Guruvayur Temple.

The temple is managed by a special Devaswom (Guruvayur Devaswom) under the control of the Government of Kerala. The main festivals of this temple are the 10-day festival in the Malayalam month of Kumbham starting with flag hoisting on Pooyam star,Sri Krishna Janmashtami (Birthday of Lord Krishna) in the month of Chingam,Ekadasi (11th day) in the shukla paksha (bright fortnight) in the month of Vrischikam, popularly called as Guruvayur Ekadasi and Vishu on the first day of the month of Medam, once a harvest festival.The temple's sub-deities are Ganapathi, Ayyappan and Bhagavathi, and there are two sub-temples each, one for Ganapathi and the other for Nagadevata nearby the temple. One of its replica temples is Uttara Guruvayurappan Temple located at Mayur Vihar-1 in Delhi. The temple is dedicated to Shri Krishna, who is worshipped as Guruvayurappan, the deity of the famous Shri Krishna Temple in Guruvayur Town in the state of Kerala. The temple was founded on 17 may 1983.  Source : Wikipedia

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By Road: Guruvayoor is well connected with the other parts of the country by road and rail. The National highway ispassing through Kunnamkulam which is just 8 kms away from Guruvayoor. The private bus stand is towardsthe east of the temple, near Manjulal (the banyan tree). It is half an hour drive by car from Thrissur and busses ply every 5 minutes from Thrissur to Guruvayoor.Kerala Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) runs bus services from all major locations of the state and fewinter-state services. The bus stand is 500 meters to the west of the temple. Both KSRTC and private bussesoffer interstate services to all major South Indian cities like Madras, Madurai, Palani, Salem, Coimbatore,Thiruchandoor, Mysore, Mangalore, Uduppi, Mookambika etc.
By Train: Guruvayoor has got a railway station towards the east of the temple which is connected to the Madras-Mangalore main line at Thrissur. It has got computerised ticket booking facility and tickets can be booked toany locations from here. One from the Mangalore side can get down at the Kuttippram station. Regular busservices are available from there to Guruvayoor. Those from the Madras/Trivandrum side can get down atThrissur.
By Air: Kochi international airport (Nedumbassery) is 80 kms from Guruvayoor and the Calicut airport is 100 kmsaway. All major international flight services are operated from these airports.