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| Guruvayoor, Pazhani, Madurai, Rameswaram, Kanyakumari,
Trivandrum, Harippad |
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Day 2 |
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Arrival at cochin.
Move to the Guruvayoor temple near trichur
district (The cultural capital of Kerala). Guruvayoor, where
the famous Sree Krishna Temple is situated, is one of the most
sacred and important pilgrim centres of kerala. |
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Guruvayoor has emerged as one of the
most important places of worship in Southern India like Tirupati
and Sabarimala. It is more than a spiritual journey for hundreds
and thousands of people who visit this temple irrespective of
their age and origin.
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We move to Palani.
A well known pilgrim centre and one of the six abodes of Lord
Subramanya or Muruga. The shrine stands on top of the Palani
Hills consisting of 660 steps. There are rope ways too, to take
pilgrims to the top. The main deity is called Dandayudapaani.
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Stay at Guruvayoor |
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Transfer to Madurai. |
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Day 4 |
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| The Madurai Temple
is dedicated to Goddess Meenakshi, the lovely consort of Lord
Shiva. The original temple was built by Kulasekara Pandya, but
the entire credit for making the temple as splendid as it is
today goes to the Nayaks. The Nayaks ruled Madurai from the
16th to the 18th century and left a majestic imprint of their
rule in this Temple. |
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The Ramanatha swamy Temple at Rameswaram
was built by different rulers at different times after 12th
century onwards. It is one of the best examples of Dravidian
architecture. The corridor of this temple is the largest in
India. The corridor is 197 mts by 133 mts. The temple is built
in a sprawling area of six hectares and has 22 wells.
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The entrance of the temple is 38.4
mts. The beauty in architecture of this temple, gets its grace
due to construction done by different rulers who added to the
temple structure at different times. The stunning beauty of
the temple leaves anybody mesmerized. |
| We move to Rameswaram. |
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Stay at Rameswaram. |
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Day 6 |
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A journey to the southern tip of
India, Kanyakumari.
This small temple is dedicated to Kanyakumari, or the
youthful form of the primeval energy Shakti (Mother Goddess).
It is located on the seashore, in the town known by the same
name. Kanyakumari is a place at the confluence of the Indian
ocean, The Bay of Bengal and the Arabian sea. |
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The Kanyakumari temple is an ancient
one and has been mentioned in the great epics of Ramayana and
Mahabharata. It is believed that the image of Kanyakumari was
installed and worshipped by Lord Parasurama, credited with reclaiming
Kerala from the ocean, and building several shrines. The Vivekananda
Rock is another attraction of this place.
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We Extend our journey to Sri Anantha
Padmanabha Swami Temple, situated at Thiruvananthapuram.
It is located inside the East Fort. It is known for its Mural
Paintings and Stone Carvings and is one among the 108 sacred
Vishnu Temples in India, the presiding deity in here is Lord
Vishnu reclining on Anantha the serpent. |
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Night stay at Kanyakumari |
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Night stay at a hotel in Thiruvananthapuram |
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Day 8 |
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| This day you get a chance to visit
the great Mannarshala Snake Temple and the
Harippad Subrahmanya Swami Temple. Mannarshala
covers an area of 16 acres of dense green forest grove devoted
to serpent worship. The temple here is unique because the holy
rites are presided over by a priestess. The grove is dotted
with the granite idols of serpents. There are 2 main idols :
'Nagaraja' or the Serpent king and his consort,
Sarpayakshini. |
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Mannarshala temple at Harippad is
reputed for having 30,000 images of snake-gods and this is the
largest of its kind in the state.
After making the visit to Mannarshala temple, we move to the
Subramanya Swami temple at Harippad just a few distance away
from the Mannarshala temple.
After the refreshing journey through these prilgrim centers,
with a true spirit of joy and delight. |
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You get a chance to visit the 'Chottanikkara'
and Ernakulam Shiva Temples. At Chottanikkara, the temple diety
is 'Durga Bhagavathy'. It is believed that there is a presence
of Saraswathy Devi till 7:00 a.m in the morning. A 'Bhadra Kali
Devi' temple is also present in the premises. The 'Shiva' temple
also known as 'Ernakulathappan' is one of the rarest Shiva temples
where diety is facing sea towards west. |
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We move to Cochin. |
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Stay at Cochin. |
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Departure from Cochin. |
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