On a very special demand of one of our follower, today i am sharing my experience of Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Trivandarum. In this blog i am just sharing my experience of Padmanabhaswamy temple, description of other tourist and unexplored places of Kerala will be shared in upcoming blogs.
There are many reasons that supports why Kerala is known as God's Own country. Today i will be talking of one of those many reasons. Padmanabhaswamy temple, one of the oldest and richest temple around the globe. The wall carvings and architecture of the temple itself gives the idea of its age. The story of the temple is really very interesting and especially if you will listen it from a local devotee present there. I am not going to share the story in this blog else it will abate your curiosity of listening it from a local devotee, but one thing i want to say its totally different from whatever you will explore from Wikipedia.
The architecture along with the traditional attire that one need to wear before entering in the temple add essence to the cultural heritage of the temple. This was the first temple in my life in which i enjoyed watching wall carvings and paintings rather than performing prayers. Seriously i have no words to describe the beauty of the murals of the temple. One thing i want to tell, when anyone orate the word Gopuram that means he is talking about the main entrance of the temple.
How to reach
* The temple is near to East Fort bus Stand. Once you enter in Trivandarum, take a bus to East fort. East fort buses are available from almost every corner of the city.
*From Trivandarum Central railway station , temple is about 3-4 Km so one can opt to walk through the MG Road market to reach here.
Darshan timings
Morning Timings
03.30 am to 04.45 am (Nirmalya Darshanam)
06.30 am to 07.00 am
08.30 am to 10.00 am
10.30 am to 11.10 am
11.45 am to 12.00 Noon
Evening Timings
05.00 pm to 06.15 pm
06.45 pm to 07.20 pm
Points to Remember
These are the few points that one must remember while going to the temple:
1. You should wear only traditional attire i.e. dhoti. You don't need to worry if you don't have dhoti, you can purchase it from outside the temple. Boys with good body shape have the chance to display it and others with good bellies have to worry a little, well that was just a poor joke, noone is going to see you their except your buddies
Different type of dhotis are available
Single Dhoti: Rs 65/-
Double Dhoti: Rs 140/-
Girls and ladies can wear dhoti over the jeans, salwar-suits or sarees.
*****We restricted girls of our group to come with us, reason you can think on your own.
2. Put all your luggage, mobile phones, wallets, leather belt in the lockers available outside the temple, you will have to pay minimal amount of Rs 5-7 per item.
3. Do not break the que inside the temple and cooperate with all the staff at your service.
4. Hold your dhoti once you are in the crowd else be ready for a oops moment.
5. Photography is strictly prohibited inside the temple area.
NOTE: Once you are in the main darshan area, you will see three doors. Start from the left most gate and you will see the face of Vishnu ji and then move towards the second and then to third gate.
*** Best time to visit temple is in Evening as you can see the whole temple is lighten up with diyas instead of light and this makes the temple view adorable.
There is nothing to feel shy if you don't have good body shape, just enjoy the feel of traditional attire and feel free to take photographs outside the temple.
Important:
*Do not even try to wear dhoti yourself if you are new, take help of localites present there.
*Spend good time inside the temple to see the wall carvings and mural.
Other Things to do
Once you are done with all photography stuffs and other robinhood things, go around the local market just outside the temple.
Best Kerala food is available in the nearby area of the temple.
We had our dinner in the Hotel Buhari, 1 Km walk from Temple. Uppam, IddiUppam, parotha (not sure about the correct spellings) were the few things available at that time. Being vegetarian i could have only Veg curry but Non vegetarians have lot of option there. My friends have opted for mutton Curry and according to them it was best till date.
There may be many other things also but this all was my experience. I hope i am able to help you out little bit. You can mail us your experiences, photos, videos on the below email address.
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There are many reasons that supports why Kerala is known as God's Own country. Today i will be talking of one of those many reasons. Padmanabhaswamy temple, one of the oldest and richest temple around the globe. The wall carvings and architecture of the temple itself gives the idea of its age. The story of the temple is really very interesting and especially if you will listen it from a local devotee present there. I am not going to share the story in this blog else it will abate your curiosity of listening it from a local devotee, but one thing i want to say its totally different from whatever you will explore from Wikipedia.
The architecture along with the traditional attire that one need to wear before entering in the temple add essence to the cultural heritage of the temple. This was the first temple in my life in which i enjoyed watching wall carvings and paintings rather than performing prayers. Seriously i have no words to describe the beauty of the murals of the temple. One thing i want to tell, when anyone orate the word Gopuram that means he is talking about the main entrance of the temple.
How to reach
* The temple is near to East Fort bus Stand. Once you enter in Trivandarum, take a bus to East fort. East fort buses are available from almost every corner of the city.
*From Trivandarum Central railway station , temple is about 3-4 Km so one can opt to walk through the MG Road market to reach here.
Darshan timings
Morning Timings
03.30 am to 04.45 am (Nirmalya Darshanam)
06.30 am to 07.00 am
08.30 am to 10.00 am
10.30 am to 11.10 am
11.45 am to 12.00 Noon
Evening Timings
05.00 pm to 06.15 pm
06.45 pm to 07.20 pm
Points to Remember
These are the few points that one must remember while going to the temple:
1. You should wear only traditional attire i.e. dhoti. You don't need to worry if you don't have dhoti, you can purchase it from outside the temple. Boys with good body shape have the chance to display it and others with good bellies have to worry a little, well that was just a poor joke, noone is going to see you their except your buddies
Different type of dhotis are available
Single Dhoti: Rs 65/-
Double Dhoti: Rs 140/-
Girls and ladies can wear dhoti over the jeans, salwar-suits or sarees.
*****We restricted girls of our group to come with us, reason you can think on your own.
2. Put all your luggage, mobile phones, wallets, leather belt in the lockers available outside the temple, you will have to pay minimal amount of Rs 5-7 per item.
3. Do not break the que inside the temple and cooperate with all the staff at your service.
4. Hold your dhoti once you are in the crowd else be ready for a oops moment.
5. Photography is strictly prohibited inside the temple area.
NOTE: Once you are in the main darshan area, you will see three doors. Start from the left most gate and you will see the face of Vishnu ji and then move towards the second and then to third gate.
*** Best time to visit temple is in Evening as you can see the whole temple is lighten up with diyas instead of light and this makes the temple view adorable.
There is nothing to feel shy if you don't have good body shape, just enjoy the feel of traditional attire and feel free to take photographs outside the temple.
Important:
*Do not even try to wear dhoti yourself if you are new, take help of localites present there.
*Spend good time inside the temple to see the wall carvings and mural.
Other Things to do
Once you are done with all photography stuffs and other robinhood things, go around the local market just outside the temple.
Best Kerala food is available in the nearby area of the temple.
We had our dinner in the Hotel Buhari, 1 Km walk from Temple. Uppam, IddiUppam, parotha (not sure about the correct spellings) were the few things available at that time. Being vegetarian i could have only Veg curry but Non vegetarians have lot of option there. My friends have opted for mutton Curry and according to them it was best till date.
There may be many other things also but this all was my experience. I hope i am able to help you out little bit. You can mail us your experiences, photos, videos on the below email address.
To get more updates on explored and unexplored places of India like us on facebook:
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