Heaven on Earth: The Universe of Kerala’s Guruvayur Temple<\/i><\/b> is a remarkable and unique record enhanced by photographs that not only portray all aspects of life within the temple, but its atmosphere of intangible divinity. It is a temple whose elaborate poojas have survived the many vicissitudes of history, of wars and changing times, always adhering to the rules that Adi Sankaracharya is said to have laid down a thousand years ago. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Compared to many other Hindu temples, even in Kerala, Guruvayur is not a huge complex; it qualifies, however, as a mahakshetram – a great temple.
Contents:
\nIntroduction
\nThe Temple
\nMyth and History
\nThe Ooralan and the Zamorin
\nThe Idol
\nThe Priests
\nThe Worship of the Lord
\nThe Daily Poojas
\nThe Dawn to Dusk Pooja
\nThe Servants of the Lord
\nDevotees
\nThe Arts
\nThe Elephants
\nEkadasi
\nThe Temple Year
\nThe Bhagavathi
\nThe Sahasrakalasam
\nThe Lord’s Festival
\nGlossary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5601],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6270","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-architecture-landscape-design","7":"author-by-author-pepita-seth","8":"publisher-niyogi-books","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n