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DEVOTION OF A SMALL GIRL AND THE OMNIPRESENCE OF LORD KRISHNA IN THE BACKDROP OF A PEEPAL TREE AT THE TIME OF GERAT POET POONTHANAM......

GURUVAYUR KESAVAN ELEPHANT STATUE WAS BUILT IN 1976 IN FRONT OF SREEVALSOM GUEST HOUSE IN THE SOUTH EAST SIDE OF GURUVAYOOR TEMPLE.
THIS ELEPHANT CALF WAS GIVEN TO THE TEMPLE BY KING OF NILAMPUR KOVILAKAM IN 1916. STANDING A MAMMOTH 3.4 M TALL WITH 20 NAILS, KESAVAN CARRIED GURAYOORAPPAN IDOL IN FESTIVALS AND PROCESSIONS UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1976....

THIS TERRACOTTA IDOL CALLED MARAPRABHU OR TREE LORD IS THE GOD GURUVAYOORAPPAN (SRI KRISHNA) ITSELF.THE SCULPTURE WAS MADE BY ARTIST P.V RAMA CHANDRAN OF KERALA IN 1995. AROUND 150 TYPES OF AYURVEDIC MEDICINAL TREE AND PLANT ROOT JUICE IS USED IN THE CLAY DOUGH BESIDES WATER.A DIVINE FACE AND TREE BODY SCULPTED IN LEAVES AND ROOT IN 16 M HEIGHT IS THE THEME.A 15 TON GOLD COLOR BRONZE HALO WAS INSTALLED BEHIND THE STRUCTURE LATER.
RECENTLY IN 2018 CINE ACTOR MOHAN LAL GIFTS THE MINIATURE VERSION OF GOLDEN MARAPRABHU TO PM OF INDIA SRI NARENDRA MODI. NOW IT'S A TREND OF GIFTING THIS MARAPRABHU BY DEVOTEES ..........
YOU CAN VIEW THIS IDOL AT SREE VALSAM GUEST HOUSE , 50 M EAST FROM THE TEMPLE AND GET RELIEF FROM MENTAL AND PHYSICAL THREAT......

IN THE SHAPE OF A PALM WITH 17 LEAF THIS MAN MADE ISLAND PROJECT STARTED IN 2001. MOUND OF SAND DREDGED FROM UNDER SEA WITH HUGE ROCK WALLS AROUND THE SAND MOUNTAIN IS THE BASE OF THE ISLAND.EACH ROCK WEIGHS AROUND 1 TON USED FOR THE BREAK WATER MANAGEMENT.AFTER PILING, IT IS SAID THAT 2000 HOLES WERE DRILLED IN THE GROUND AND FILLED WITH ADDITIONAL SAND TO STABILIZE THE THE FLOOR OF THE ISLAND FROM SINKING IN SEA.ADDITIONAL ARTIFICIAL CORAL REEFS AND BREAK WATERS ARE THE NEXT LAYER OF PROTECTION FROM EROSION.

CONNECTION BRIDGES, UNDER SEA TUNNELS, METRO STATIONS AND EVERY TIME SCIENTISTS EXPLORE MORE FOR THIS PROJECT.....

COULDN'T ENTER DUE TO TRISSUR POORAM HOLIDAY.HEARD THAT THIS IS THE FORMER PALACE OF SRI SAKTHAN THAMPURAM THE EMINENT RULER OF KOCHI.