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Jayajanardhana krishna Album: BA BA KRISHNA Song from 2005 Kannada Devotional ====================================================== Directed by LINSON KANNAMALI ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Produced by M.C. SAJITHAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sung by GOUTHAMI S. MOORTHY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by THEJ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lyrics by GOTURI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited by RENJITH TOUCHRIVER ====================================================== SUBSCRIBE NOW =============== mcvideoskannada: mcaudiosindia (Audio and Jukebox): MCAUDIOSANDVIDEOS MALAYALAM: mcvideosculturalprograms: mcaudiosjukebox: mcvideostamil: mcvideostelugu: mcyouthfestival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Utsavam ======== The utsavam in Guruvayur is in the month of Kumbham (Feb-Mar) and the celebrations are spread over a period of 10 days. The festival starts with the hoisting of the temple flag on the dwajasthamba on Pooyam day and ends with the holy dip (Aarattu) on Anizham day. A special event during the utsavam is the elephant race. The Guruvayur Devaswom has about 45 elephants now, all donated by devotees. No description of the elephants in this temple is complete without mentioning Padmanabhan and Kesavan. Padmanabhan was a very tall elephant and had a majestic bearing. He would allow no other elephant to carry the Thidambu. There are many stories about his kindness, devotion and unswerving loyalty to the Lord. In appreciation of his services, a gold chain was presented to him. A strange spectacle was seen in the Guruvayur temple in the year 1931, the day Padmanabhan died: the sandal paste with which the Lord was adorned split into two pieces and fell down. The two tusks and teeth of Padmanabhan are kept in Guruvayur. Kesavan was donated by Raja of Nilambur and came to Guruvayur in 1922. He learnt from Padmanabhan the way he should conduct himself as a servant of the Lord. He was about 11 ft tall and would raise his front leg only when the Thidambu is to be mounted. All other riders, including his mahout, had to mount from the rear, using his hind leg. He was honoured with the title Gajaraja. In 1976, on Navami, he fell ill during the Sriveli. On the Dasami night, he used the drinking water (kept for him) to bathe and to clean his body and stood looking longingly in the direction of the Deity whom he had served for a long time. The morning of Ekadasi dawned. On the day Lord Krishna gave Vishwarupa Darshan to Arjuna, Kesavan lay prostrate on the ground with his trunk stretched towards the Lord. The Lord had given moksha to the Gajaraja, just before the Srikovil opened. Guruvayur Devaswom has erected a life size statue of Kesavan in one of their rest houses and his death anniversary is observed on Ekadasi day.
