Though I have visited Guruvayurappan temple long ago, many things appealed to me when I had been there recently.There is lot of devotees to have darshan like any other famous south Indian temple.
First, the crowd was well regulated, also the crowd was well behaved(!). but the same crowd may be beating the queue in Tirupathi or Madurai. Secondly, no loud chanting of Slokas or songs inside the temple. Thirdly there were no beggars pestering the people waiting for darshan contrast to Tirumala, where lot of beggars with cut off limbs bother the people even inside the Vaikundam complex.
Another interesting thing is that there is no archana to the deity on individual name even in temples with no crowd. I saw this at Mammiyur Mahadev temple, Thiruparayar Ramar temple and Thrissur Vadakkunathar temple. Also one can offer ghee lamp but not lighting it all over the place inside the temple. We get real ghee lamp , not like the hydrogenated oil lamps sold in many Tamilnadu temples. also there is no sales shouting for lighting the lamps.Last but not the least impressive thing is prasadams are not sold like condiment shop, one has to pay and book for the limited prasadam. Another interesting point is that all sannadhis have the name of deity in Tamil also, which helped me in knowing the correct name.
More about the visit will follow
That sounds like a really pleasant experience in a famous temple where one can concentrate on thinking of the Lord while waiting to get His darshan! Can't wait to read more!
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