Now Padmanabhan was famous throughout Kerala and the Maharaja of Ambalappuzha often requested him to be sent there. The authorities of Guruvayur refused this under some pretext or other and when the Maharaja started

On another occasion, Padmanabhan was taken to Ernakulam for the utsava. All the elephants there used to be taken to the backwaters for washing and there was a washing ghat meant for elephants where there was a washing

Once, Padmanabhan was taken to perumanam, near Trichur, for the famous Peruvanam pooram. There, the custom was that fourteen elephants, fully caparisoned would be arrayed in two rows of seven each, standing face to face. On one side,

The women servants attached to the temple used to reside in Thiruvenkitam, about 2 km. East of the temple and often Padmanabhan used to be taken to those compounds and chain there. Once, Padmanabhan was standing

Once, the annual utsavam was going on in the temple. It was the important sixth day of the ustava and the procession of the lord was in full swing. Padmanabhan was in the middle of the array of elephants, with the thidambu

Padmanabhan was brought to Guruvayur Cherukunnath Nambudiri as his devout offering and was offered to lord Guruvayurappan after performing the proper function of “Nadayirutthal”. The legend goes that this Namboothiri

It happened during the famous Guruvayur Ekadasi festival in 1976. On the navami day with all the lamps lighted with pure ghee; the navami vilakku is considered to be very sacred. The grant procession a just started.

Elephants will be, sometimes, brought to Lord Guruvayurappan by devotees as an offering and the custom of offering an elephant to the lord is called “nadayirutthal”. till recently,there were 58 elephants belonging

Once he was in forest, some 80kms. Away from Guruvayur, removing timber and then he became wild. He refused to obey his mahouts, broke the chain to pieces and straight away started walking

The famous Gajarajan Kesavan reached Guruvayur on 4th January, 1922. He was about 10 years old then, and was brought here and offered to the Lord after the proper function of nadayirutthal with kalabham

The details of Elephants AS ON 31. 1. 2007