Top 10 Temples to Visit In Kerala

Guruvayoor Temple:

A key attraction for the devotees of Lord Krishna, the Guruvayoor Temple is popularly known as the Dwarka of South India. Situated in Guruvayur town of Thrissur district, this 5,000 years old temple holds the legend that Lord Brahma himself worshipped the idol of Lord Krishna there. Incidentally, Lord Krishna is referred to as Guruvayoorappan. The architecture of the temple is enriched with the Gopurams (gateways), Mandaps and subsidiary shrines. The walls of the primary shrine are garnished with exotic paintings and elaborate illustrations. Particular festivals like Mandalam, Ulsavam, Chembai Music Festival are celebrated in a ceremonious ways in this temple.

Dhanwanthari Temple :

Lord Dhanwanthari is an avatar of Lord Vishnu in Hindu tradition. He appears in the Vedas and Puranas as the physician of the devas. Lord Dhanwanthari is believed as the God of Ayurveda. It is typical practice in Hinduism to worship Lord Dhanvantari and seeking his blessings for sound wellness. Dhanwanthari was one of the ancient medical adviser in India. Its believed that the initial surgery was made by him. His remedies had been completely all-natural. He employed herbs and natural medicines for curing diseases. He could even locate out the medicinal purposes of turmeric, salt and such numerous commonly utilized things. He used turmeric as an antiseptic, salt as a preservative. He is also believed to be the pioneer of contemporary health-related practices.

Narasimha Temple:

Lord Narasimha is fourth incarnation of Lord Maha Vishnu. Narasimha is in the form of Half Man and Half Lion, and is considered as the most ugra kind of Vishnu\'s kind. This form is having a human-like torso and a reduce physique, but with a lion-like face and claws with ugra type. He is believed as protector of devotees all the time. Lord Narasimha took birth on earth to demolish Hiranyakashipu, the cruel asura who was deemed Lord Vishnu as his moral enemy. He was brother of Hiranyaksha, the asura who was killed by Vishnu. Hiranyakashipu, hence challenging Vishnu and decided to kill vishnu\'s followers. He was torturing all of devas and his own villagers those are worshipping vishnu. He was forcing all of them to worship him, alternatively of Vishnu. His son, Prahlada was one particular of the devotees of Vishnu.

Mariyamman Temple:

Mariyamman is one of the popular goddess worshipped mainly in south india. \'Amman\' in tamil implies \'Mother\', \"Mari\" implies rain. Place together, which means of \'Mariamman\' is supposed to be the goddess of rain. This Goddess is worshipped generally in south Indian states like Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and some components of Kerala too. Mother \'Mari\' is connected to our effectively recognized goddess Durga devi. Mariyamman is typically represents as an desirable lady with red dress. The word \'mari\' has a single far more which means, that is associated with illness \"Pox\". People considers Mariyamman as the goddess of the ailments like pox, modest pox and chicken pox.

Pandavas Temple:

Pandavas are described in the Indian epic \'Mahabharatha\'. Pandavas includes 5 brothers Yudhishtira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva. They are the sons of \'Pandu\', by his two wives, \'Kunthi\' and \'Madhri\'. The word \'Pandavas\' means the sons of \'Pandu\'. Yudhishtira, Bhima and Arjuna are the sons of Kunthi. Remaining are the sons of Madhri. It is described in Mahabharatha, that 5 brothers had been married to \'Draupathi\', a true Krishna devotee. Lord Krishna was closely connected to Pandavas throughout Kurukshethra war by giving advices and assist at correct instances. Friendship of Lord Krishna and Lord Arjuna is properly recognized in that epic. Pandu has a brother named Dridhrashtra, who was blind by birth. The primary enemies of Pandavas were Kauravas. Kauravas were one hundred in numbers, the sons of Dridhrashtra .

Siva Temple:

Lord Siva is an essential God in Hinduism, such as in the Trimurthis. In the \'Trimurthis\', Siva has the duty of destroying or \'Samhara\'. Siva is believed as the supreme God. Siva is referred as consciousness as per Sakthisam. Siva has several more other names as Rudhra, Mahadeva, Parameswara, Neelakanda. Siva is worshipped largely in the form of \'Siva Linga\'. Siva is usually portrayed as immersed in deep meditation or the famous Natraja form. His renowned dance is known as \'Thandava\'. In Sanskrit, the word \'Siva\' implies sort or \'The pure one\'. The major feature of Lord Siva is his third eye, which situates in the middle of his forehead. He uses his third eye to burn desires to ashes. His look is also distinct from other devas. He is usually shown garlanded with a snake around his throat. \'Tri soola\' or trident is his primary weapon.

Vishnu Temple:

Lord Mahavishnu is one particular of the deities in \'Trimurthis\'. The 3 functions of the planet namely \"Creation\" , \"Maintenance\" and \"Destruction\" are being carried out by \'Trimurthis\'. Vishnu is known as the preserver in them. Mahavishnu is honored as the highest God in Hindhuism. The term \'Dasavathara\' is associated to Mahavishnu\'s ten incarnations. Dasavatharas are Matsya, Koorma, Varaha, Narasimha, Parasurama, Vamana, Rama, Balrama, Krishna and Kalki. All these incarnations take location in all yugas in cosmic scales. In \"Bhagavad Gita\" and Vishnu SSahasranama, Vishnu is described as the master of the past, present and future, the creator and the destroyer of the world and all living and nonliving beings.

VishnuMaya Temple:

Pandavas are described in the Indian epic 'Mahabharatha'. Pandavas includes five brothers Yudhishtira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva. They are the sons of 'Pandu', by his two wives, 'Kunthi' and 'Madhri'. The word 'Pandavas' means the sons of 'Pandu'. Yudhishtira, Bhima and Arjuna are the sons of Kunthi. Remaining are the sons of Madhri. It is described in Mahabharatha, that five brothers were married to 'Draupathi', a true Krishna devotee. Lord Krishna was closely related to Pandavas during Kurukshethra war by giving advices and help at right times. Friendship of Lord Krishna and Lord Arjuna is well known in that epic. Pandu has a brother named Dridhrashtra, who was blind by birth. The main enemies of Pandavas were Kauravas. Kauravas were 100 in numbers, the sons of Dridhrashtra .

Nagas Temple:

According to Indian culture snakes are also considered as gods. \'Nagas\' or \'Sarppas\' signifies snakes. Generally we considers a naga as a king cobra. There are much more importance for this \'Nagas\' in our epics. Several stories are written about them. 1 of the quite popular snake in our epic \'Mahabharatha\' is \'Anantha\', on that snake Lord Mahavishnu is laying. Wonderful enemy of Nagas in the epics is Garuda, the automobile of Vishnu.
Main providing to nagas are \"Paalum, noorum\". This can be supplied in practically all naga temples in kerala.

Lokanarkavu Temple :

 Lokanarkavu Bhaghawathi Temple is situated near Memunda all around 5 Km from Vadakara, Kozhikode in Kerala, india. This Goddess Durga temple has two adjacent shrines of Shiva and Vishnu.

According to the legent the temple is really old one particular all around 1500 many years back. The 3 rock minimize caves in the temple premises are engraved artfully with fascinating murals and beautiful paintings.
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