Kavitha.Koindala

Guruvayur is famous for its Krishna temple .  Here Guruvayurappan ( Lord vishnu avatar as Krishna) is worshipped . We went for evening darshan , as we reached late afternoon.  Temple was beautiful with lamps lit all around. Inside the temple premises , we got to experience procession of diety on elephant along with chants of hare Krishna  Wedding and annaprasana ceremonies are a common sight here .  Just outside the temple , cultural programs are performed . Nei payasam, powdered sugar , butter , plantains are some of the prasadam you can buy over the counter.  Unniappams are offered to God during night puja and you have to pre-book it. I heard appams at temple are very yummy . Next day , we visited few temples and tourist spots .  Locals say that your visit to Guruvayur is incomplete without visiting Mammiyur Shiva temple .  Sree Parathasarthy temple ,walkable distance from Guruvayur temple is another holy tourist place . The temple is in the form of chariot ,dedicated to lord Krishn

 DAY1  Started off to Trichy around 7am . We were accompanied by friend's family . Just 10 kms before Trichy we visited Samayapuram Marriamman temple .We reached around 1pm considering halts due to kids . The temple was crowded even at that time because it was the last Friday of Aadi month .The Goddess idol was huge and face was big and beautiful.  Reached Trichy around 3pm and took rest for a while in hotel.  Evening around 6pm visited Jambukeshwara temple which was around 10 kms from Trichy city.  The temple is said to be one of the Pancha Bhoota Sthala. Here Shiva is said to have manifested in the form of water out of the five elements .Temple had beautiful carvings and architecture. Be prepared to spend sufficient time as the temple itself is big and so is the queue.   DAY2 Had breakfast and headed to Madurai at 10am.Reached Madurai Meenakshi temple at around 12 pm. It was closing time . Luckily,  found a guide who took us inside and we went in  special darshan.  With kids that