गुरुवायूर

guruvayur mandir

guruvayoor jise guruvayur bhi likha jata hai aur kabhi-kabhi guruvayunakere ke nam se bhi jana jata hai, ek prasiddh hindoo tirthasthal hai. yah trishoor janapad ke uttarapashchim mean 25 kilomitar ki doori par sthit hai. yahaan motar basean chalati haian.

mandir evan usaka mahattv

yahaan ka mukhy mandir guruvayoor mandir hai, jo bhagavan shrikrishn ko samarpit hai. yahaan bhagavan guruvapoor ki moorti hai. is moorti ki sthapana guru (brihaspati) aur vayu dev ne ki thi. is mandir ke vishay mean ek pauranik katha hai-

pauranik katha– bhagavan shrikrishn ne uddhav ko devaguru brihaspati samip yah sandesh dekar bheja- ‘samudr dvarika duba de’, isake poorv ap mere pita dvara poojit narayan moorti kisi surakshit pavitr sthan mean sthapit kar dean. kaliyug mean yah moorti bhaktoan ke lie atyant kalyanaprad hogi. devaguru ko bhootal par ane mean vilamb hua. bhagavan shrikrishn ke svadham jane par samudr mean dvarika doob chuki thi. lekin brihaspati ne vayudev ko ajna di. unhoanne samudr mean se moorti nikali. pavitr sthal dhooandhate vartaman sthan par aye to yahaan uma maheshvar us moorti ki pratiksha kar rahe the. atah shiv-parvati ki ajna se moorti sthapit huee. guru tatha vayu dvara sthapit hone se sthan ka nam guruvayoor p da. is sthan ke samip hi mamiyoor sthan mean dharmaraj dvara pratishthit bhagavan shiv ka mandir hai. yah bahut hi kala poorn mandir hai.

• 5 sau varsh poorv pandanaresh ko jyotishi ne sarpadansh se marane ki tithi batalaee. raja ne tirth yatra praranbh ki. yahaan aye to mandir ko atyant jirn dekhakar jirnodvar karane lage. nishchit tithi bitane par jyotishi se poochha gaya to unhoanne kaha- ‘apako soory ne kata hai. usaka ghav apane pair mean dekh lean. jinake mandir ka ap jirnodvar karane mean vyast the, unaki kripa se ap mrityu se bach gaye.’
• bhagavan narayan ne brahmaji ko apani do moortiyaan di thian. ek tapasya karake raja ikshvaku ne prapt ki jo shrirangaji haian. doosari moorti brahma ne prajapati sutapa ko diya. vah moorti dhaugy rrishi ko prajapati ne paralok jate samay de di aur jab vasudev roop mean janme to dhaumy rrishi se apane aradhy ko prapt kiya.
• dvaparant mean sarp yajn ke pashchath jab raja janamejay ko kushth ho gaya tha to yahaan akar aradhana karake ve rog mukt hue.

pooja paddhati

adi shankarachary yahaan kuchh kal ruk the. unhoanne pooja paddhati mean kuchh sanshodhan kiye the. shrivilvamangal ki aradhana ka bahut kal yahian bita tha. aj bhi yahaan pooja aradhana adi shankarachary ke niyamanusar ki jati hai.

siang lage nariyal

kaha jata hai ki ek bar ek kisan phasal ke pahale nariyal bhagavan guruvapoor ko chadhane a raha tha. marg mean dakoo mil gaye. kisan ne prarthana ki ‘sab kuchh le lo; kiantu bhagavan ko chadhane ke nariyal mat lo.’

dakoo ne kaha– ‘guruvayoor ke nariyaloan mean kya siang lage haian?’ sachamuch un nariyaloan mean siang nikal aye. dakoo darakar bhag gaya. ye nariyal mandir mean surakshit haian.

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