Guruvayur: The holy month of Vaisakh has come to an end with an unprecedented rush of devotees at the Guruvayur temple. With the beginning of the summer vacation and the beginning of the month of Vaisakh, there has been an unprecedented influx of devotees to the temple.
The most special month for Lord Vishnu is “Vaisakhamasam.” It is also known as “Madhava month” because it is dear to Madhava. It is believed that Lord Lakshmi stays on earth with Goddess Lakshmi throughout this month. The month of Vaishakh is the most suitable month for Vishnu Bhajan. Tenfold fruitful. Akshaya Tritiya, which came in between, also made Guruvayur the center of devotees.
On the first day of the Vaishakh month, thousands of people came to Kannan in search of the virtue of darshan.Often there was a long line of devotees for darshan. Devotees are ushered directly into the Nalampalam through the flagpole to perform Devaswam on busy days. On some days the temple is closed at 2.45 pm.
The Devaswom staff are struggling a lot to get a darshan punya of the Lord to those who have been queuing up since morning. and then. It would reopen at 3.30 and resume darshan.
Devotees queue up for hours. In the decision to give darshan to all those standing in the queue, the efforts of Guruvayoor Devaswom Board Chairman Dr VK Vijayan, Administrator KP Vinayan and other Board members, Temple DA Pramod Kalarikal and other staff to make it possible are commendable.
The end of the row extends to the end of the south aisle, filled with a specially equipped cuppantal on the south aisle. The Cupental could seat about eight hundred people.
Devotees queuing up for darshan were relieved from the summer heat, Devaswom Sambhara was distributed on the south side of the Devaswom and on the east side of the temple. There were also long days where prasada was served until 4:30 in the afternoon where it had to end at 2:30 in the afternoon. Kayam Exports Chennai Group Chairman Sasikumaran Nair offered Rs 2,50,000 to the Devaswat on June 6, the last Thursday of the Vaishakh month. The special feast held on Thursdays of the month of Vaishakh, namely May 9, 16, 23, 30 and June 6, consisted of mango pulisseri, erissery, pachakatumanga, olan, pappadam, buttermilk and Bhagwan’s palpayasam. This year, Vaishakh begins and ends on Thursday.
There has been a lot of increase in income in the temple. There has been a lot of income from offering darshan without queuing up ghee lamps, Tulabharam, Choroon, marriage, Palpayasam, mixed offerings and the sale of gold locket on Akshaya Tritiya. During this period, there were 80 lakh arrival days.
Due to the Midsummer holidays, the Melpathur Auditorium on the East Nata and the Sri Guruvayurappan Auditorium on the South Nata are filled with Natyana dances from 6 am to 12 pm. Artistic geniuses from different parts of the world perform their artistic wonders in front of the eyes and brighten up the festival there as well.
Guruvayur temple attendance is blessed with spiritual lectures and saptahs that give spiritual fulfillment to thousands of devotees. This year, the month of Vaisakha was held for four weeks starting from May 9 to June 6 in the spiritual hall of the temple as offering of offerings by the devotees. On May 9, after the Deeparadhana, the devotional sermon also started at the Melputhur Auditorium. Dr. V. Achyuthan Kutty and AKB Nair delivered spiritual lectures on the first two days. Devaswom Chairman Dr. V. K. Vijayan delivered a spiritual lecture on Sri Shankara Jayanti, Sunday, May 12 at 7 p.m.
The Guruvayur Devaswom Management Committee had decided to restrict special darshan at the temple in view of the unprecedented rush of devotees during the month of Vaisakh. This decision was taken to speed up the darshan of all the devotees who come to the temple. Special darshans were currently restricted from 6 am to 2 pm on public holidays and this restriction began on Saturday, May 18 and continued till June 6, ending the month of Vaishakh. Therefore, the devotees who came to the temple could stand in line and have a pleasant view. The darshan arrangements implemented on public holidays received huge support and cooperation from the devotees. At the same time, the darshan soukas for those who make ghee lamp offerings in the shrine were also very grand on the said days.