Central Kerala
Thrissur District
Chavakkad

Guruvayoor

Guruvayoor is one of the most sacred and important pilgrim towns in . This temple-town is extremely famous for its large Sree Krishna Temple, believed to be one of the 108 most divine Vishnu temples of world.
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  • Type: Town with 21,400 residents
  • Description: it is a famous temple,town in kerala
  • Also known as: “Dwarka of the South”, “Gurupavanapuri”, and “Guruvayur”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple and Guruvayur railway station.

Hindu temple
Photo: Ms Sarah Welch, CC0.
The Guruvayur Sri Krishna Temple is situated in the town of Guruvayur, Thrissur district, Kerala, India. Located approximately 26 kilometers northwest of Thrissur city, the temple stands as one of the most revered and actively visited Hindu pilgrimage sites globally.

Railway station
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. is a railway terminus situated in Guruvayur, Thrissur District, .

Photo: arunpnair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a fort and former palace located in Kottapadi, about 3 km from the Guruvayoor Sree Krishna Temple, in Thrissur District of State in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chavakkad and Orumanayur.

Photo: fameleaf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a municipality in Thrissur District of Kerala state in India. is noted for its beach and fishing. It lies on National Highway 17 is about 75 km north of the city of , the commercial capital of Kerala and 25 km west of , the cultural capital of .

Village
is a village in in the state of , India. is situated 4½ km south of Guruvayoor.

Guruvayoor

Latitude
10.595° or 10° 35′ 42″ north
Longitude
76.0418° or 76° 2′ 31″ east
Population
21,400
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
7J2RH2WR+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1981613388
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1270603
Wiki­data ID
Q720084
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yakut—“Guruvayoor” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غوروايور”
  • Bengali: “গুরুভায়ুর”
  • Bishnupriya: “গুরুৱায়ুর”
  • Cebuano: “Guruvāyūr”
  • Chinese: “古鲁瓦约奥尔”
  • Dutch: “Guruvayur”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Guruvayoor”
  • French: “Guruvayur”
  • Hindi: “गुरुवायुर”
  • Hindi: “गुरुवायूर”
  • Irish: “Guruvayur”
  • Italian: “Guruvayoor”
  • Japanese: “グルヴァユル”
  • Kannada: “ಗುರುವಾಯೂರು”
  • Kannada: “ಗುರುವಾಯೂರ್”
  • Kashmiri: “گرووایور”
  • Lithuanian: “Guruvajūras”
  • Malay: “Guruvayoor”
  • Malayalam: “ഗുരുവായൂര്‍”
  • Malayalam: “ഗുരുവായൂർ”
  • Marathi: “गुरुवायूर”
  • Mingrelian: “გურუვაიური”
  • Newari: “गुरुभयूर”
  • Oriya: “Guruvayoor”
  • Oriya: “ଗୁରୁବାୟୁର”
  • Persian: “گوروایور”
  • Russian: “Гуруваюр”
  • Sanskrit: “गुरुवायुपुरम्”
  • Sanskrit: “गुरुवायूर्”
  • Spanish: “Guruvayoor”
  • Swedish: “Guruvāyūr”
  • Talysh: “Guruvajur”
  • Tamil: “குருவாயூர்”
  • Tatar: “Гуруваюр”
  • Telugu: “గురువాయూరు”
  • Tulu: “ಗುರುವಾಯುರ್”
  • Urdu: “گرووایور”
  • Vietnamese: “Guruvayoor”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Guruvayur”
  • Yakut: “Гуруваюр”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Guruvayoor”. Photo: ARUNKUMAR P.R, Public domain.