Guest guest Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 Amazing, you had Guruvayur Kesavan's darshan! wow! Guruvayur is an ancient Vishnu temple in Kerala. One of the most celebrated and famous temples of Kerala, and of India too. According to legend, Sri Krishna worshipped a statue of Vishnu in his lifetime, which was installed by Guru (Brihaspati) and Vayu (wind) at this site after his death. Hence the name Guruvayur. The diety is considered to be extremely powerful and it's worship is also very very beneficial. Kesavan was (is?) the temple elephant. You will often find a painting or a hanging mat of Kesavan in most Malayalee (belonging to Kerala) homes. For more info on Gurvaurappan (Vishnu), see http://www.guruvayurdevaswom.org For elephant info, see http://www.guruvayurdevaswom.org/oelephant.shtml (also click on the elephant names at the bottom of the link to see the "hall of fame" elephants! )). That probably explains the Vishnu connection to your elephant dream! Jai Ma! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 Much, much thanks for this insight! That dream was several years ago, before I even heard the name 'ammachi". As I went through those old dream journals, I found many dreams that seemed to be connected to Amma. I have never heard of the temple you mentioned, and look forward to exploring the links you gave. Jai Ma! Ananthasree Ammachi, "manoj_menon" <ammasmon@s...> wrote: > Amazing, you had Guruvayur Kesavan's darshan! wow! > > Guruvayur is an ancient Vishnu temple in Kerala. One of the most > celebrated and famous temples of Kerala, and of India too. > > According to legend, Sri Krishna worshipped a statue of Vishnu in > his lifetime, which was installed by Guru (Brihaspati) and Vayu > (wind) at this site after his death. Hence the name Guruvayur. The > diety is considered to be extremely powerful and it's worship is > also very very beneficial. > > Kesavan was (is?) the temple elephant. You will often find a > painting or a hanging mat of Kesavan in most Malayalee (belonging to > Kerala) homes. > > For more info on Gurvaurappan (Vishnu), see > http://www.guruvayurdevaswom.org > > For elephant info, see > http://www.guruvayurdevaswom.org/oelephant.shtml (also click on > the elephant names at the bottom of the link to see the "hall of > fame" elephants! )). > > That probably explains the Vishnu connection to your elephant dream! > > Jai Ma! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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