This is the fourth and final part in the series of posts about my trip to Guruvayur and Thrissur. Click here to read all earlier posts. Our second day in guruvayur began early, in the wee hours of the morning. The temple opens for nirmalyam , which is the darshan of lord krishna in the previous day’s decorations, at 3am. We had hoped to see either the nirmalyam or the vakacharthu that happens right after, but despite reaching the entrance line shortly after 3am, it was 3.30 by the time we entered the passage to the main sanctum and just a few minutes later they closed the shrine. So it happened that around 30-40 mins we had to stand in the narrow passage, being neither inside nor outside, but after the wait we got to see guruvayurappan looking splendidly beautiful in his first alankaram of the day. The early morning hours have the least wait times, except you have to take care not to get caught up roughly in between 330-415. The crowds probably start increasing after 7....
Stroll through the world, dont sprint across. Take time to smell the roses.