Guruvayur

Coordinates: 10°35′40.6″N 76°02′12.8″E / 10.594611°N 76.036889°E / 10.594611; 76.036889
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Guruvayur
Am/Aw (Köppen
)
Avg. summer temperature35 °C (95 °F)
Avg. winter temperature20 °C (68 °F)
AKG Gate in Guruvayur
Government School
Government Guest House (Currently demolished to make space for new structure)
Guruvayur Library
Guruvayur Railway Station

Guruvayur IPA:

Calicut
towards south.

Etymology

According to Hindu legend, the deity Krishna is said to have asked a deity and a sage to take the idol from his temple in Dvaraka before it was destroyed by a flood, and establish it in Kerala. Accordingly, the idol of Krishna is believed to have been brought by the wind deity Vayu and Sage Brihaspati and was placed in Guruvayur. The name Guruvayur is a portmanteau of their names: Guru referring to the title of Brihaspati, Vayu referring to the deity.[2] Ur is a Malayalam suffix that means city or settlement.

Demographics

In 2010, the Municipality was upgraded to Grade 1 by merging nearby Pookode and Thaikkad panchayats.[3] The Municipality consists of Perakam (CT) village, Pookode Village, Iringappuram(CT) Village , Thaikkad(CT) Village, Chavakkad Village, and Guruvayur Village part, revenue villages of Chavakkad Taluk. Thus the Municipality total area is 29.66 square kilometers, total number of wards (43), population (67,006) and population density (2,259 per square kilometer) are changed.[1]

Government

Guruvayur Township was formed on 26 January 1962 with four electoral wards with an area of 6.49 square kilometres (2.51 sq mi). Later the wards were increased to 10 and in 1994 to 20 when the township was upgraded to Municipality status with an area of 12.41 km2 (4.79 sq mi). In 2010, the electoral wards were increased to 43. Guruvayur is a Grade-1 Municipality. Guruvayur assembly constituency is part of

Trichur (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]

Festivals

Guruvayur Ekadashi

Guruvayur temple. A memorial honour for Gajarajan Keshavan is conducted in Guruvayur. The Karanavar or head of the elephant family places a wreath at the statue of Keshavan in front of Sreevalsam guest house and all the other elephants stand around and pay obeisance. On Ekadashi day, the Udayasthamana Pooja (dawn to dusk pooja) is conducted by the Devaswom itself . After the morning seeveli, on Ekadashi there is a grand elephant procession to the Parthasarathi temple since it is regarded as Geethopadesam Day also. On Ekadashi after night pooja, the famous Ekadashi Vilakku with elephant procession takes place and provides a fitting finale to the festival.[citation needed
]

Chembai Sangeetholsavam

Guruvayur Devaswom as a kind of homage to Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, one of the titans of Carnatic Classical Music. Chembai had conducted the festival in the temple town on his own for about 60 years. He used to invite all the great Carnatic Musicians to perform in the temple town and in course of time, the scale of the festival rivalled the Thyagaraja Aradhana at Thiruvaiyaru, which is recognised as one of the most important festivals of homage paid to Saint Thyagaraja.[citation needed
]

The

Pancharatna Kritis of Thyagaraja
.

Notable landmarks

Guruvayur Temple

Main article: Guruvayur Temple

The

Ganesha, Ayyappan, and Bhagavati inside the complex, and also two shrines for Ganesha and serpent deities
under the temple outside the complex.

Sree pardhasaradhi temple guruvayur

Other

Transport

Railway

The main rail transport system in Guruvayur is operated by the

Trichy is also running from Guruvayur Railway Station every day. Thrissur railway station is the major rail head near to Guruvayur from where you can get all South Indian and North Indian trains.[7][8]

Air

Calicut International Airport at Karipur
is about 100 km (62 mi) away.

Climate

Climate data for Guruvayur, Kerala
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 31.3
(88.3) 		32.5
(90.5) 		34.8
(94.6) 		35.1
(95.2) 		33.9
(93.0) 		29.2
(84.6) 		28.3
(82.9) 		28.6
(83.5) 		29.5
(85.1) 		30.4
(86.7) 		31.2
(88.2) 		31.8
(89.2) 		31.4
(88.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 20.6
(69.1) 		22.3
(72.1) 		24.7
(76.5) 		25.7
(78.3) 		25.3
(77.5) 		23.7
(74.7) 		23.0
(73.4) 		23.5
(74.3) 		23.6
(74.5) 		23.7
(74.7) 		23.5
(74.3) 		21.2
(70.2) 		23.4
(74.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 2
(0.1) 		13
(0.5) 		21
(0.8) 		98
(3.9) 		291
(11.5) 		711
(28.0) 		743
(29.3) 		411
(16.2) 		250
(9.8) 		275
(10.8) 		142
(5.6) 		26
(1.0) 		2,983
(117.5)
Source: Climate-Data.org[9]

Education

References

  1. ^ a b "പൊതു വിവരങ്ങള്‍ | Guruvayoor Municipality". Guruvayoormunicipality.lsgkerala.gov.in. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  2. ISBN 978-81-8495-024-3
    .
  3. ^ "Seven panchayats in Kerala to be upgraded as municipalities". Thehindu.com. 11 November 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
  5. ^ "Offerings". Archived from the original on 10 December 2002.
  6. ^ "Guruvayur Devaswom". Archived from the original on 29 April 2005.
  7. ^ "Accessing Guruvayoor". DTPC Thrissur. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  8. ^ "Guruvayoor". Kerala Tourism. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  9. ^ "Guruvayur climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Guruvayur water temperature". En.climate-data.org. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

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