Everything offered to add to the pomp and splendor of the temple and the procession of the Lord is called Adambara. Pictures, paintings, murals etc are offered by devotees with which the temple will be decorated. Devotees will some times give their offering for covering the roof of the Sreekovil with gold. Oil will be offered by devotees with which the deepasthambhams, Vilakkamatom, flambeaus etc will be lighted which will add glory and illumination. Often devotees bring lamps of bronze, silver and gold, umbrellas and other paraphernalia of the procession and other decorations of elephants. In addition to all these elephants cows horses deer peacocks etc are also offered to the lord. musical instruments like drums pipes flutes conches cymbals tamburas are found amoung the offerings. Reading of Puranas, Chakyorkoothu, Padhakams, Thullals and recitals of the Lords leelas and songs and hymns also will be performed a offerings.Artists will often have their first public performance Arangettam before the Lord as a sacred offering. To crown all these there is the Krishnanattam, which can be booked by the devotee paying the fee thereof. Krishnattam is divided into eight parts to be performed on eight consecutive nights and the devotees can have their own choice of the story of the day, so as to fulfill their particular prayer.
Nivedyams: Thrimadhuram, beaten rice, parched rice, simple cooked rice, sweetened ricecakes fried in ghee, rice flour puffs with coconut scrappings and jaggery enclosed in plantain leaf and baked in steam called Ata; Payasam (rice boiled with jaggery). Palpayasam (rice boiled in milk and sugar) Pradhaman (rice boiled with jaggery and extracted coconut milk) and Palata Pradhaman (rice flakes boiled in milk and sugar) are important offerings as Nivedyams.
Material offerings Particular:
For children. Children's toys and jewels, cradles and perambulators, presents of cloth to boys, reading by oneself or causing to be read by others the avathara chapters of the Bhagavatha or the Narayaneeyam and arranging for the staging of the avtaram story in the Krishnanattam etc. are performed by devotees to please Lord Guruvayurappan so as to bless them with children. they some times take to bhajan also.
For the cure of general depression etc.
1. Thulabharam: This is weighing of the individual concerned against gold, silver, precious stones, fruits, sugar, sugar-candy butter, rosewater, coconut, coconut husks, plantains fruits etc. according to the prayer of the devotee.
2. Figurines in gold and silver.
For special ailments: Figurines of the particular organ affected and jewels worn generally on them are offered for the cure of the ailments.
For success in profession etc; a certain percentage of salary, or earning, profits or daily collections.
For safe travel: Toy vehicles of silver and gold like planes, boats, ships cars buses trains etc.
Natathallal: Making over the child to the Lord. (The parent offers the child to the Lord by placing it before Him. After Natathallal, the child is supposed to be of Lord Guruvayurappan and the parent gets it back, with His blessings showered on it, and deposits an amount in the bhandaram according to his means.
Annaprasanam: This is the first feeding of the child before the Lord.
Vivaha: This is the marriage conducted in the presence of the Lord Guruvayurappan. For this there is a separate Vivahamandapam at the eastern nada of the temple just in front of the gopuram.
Nivedyams: Thrimadhuram, beaten rice, parched rice, simple cooked rice, sweetened ricecakes fried in ghee, rice flour puffs with coconut scrappings and jaggery enclosed in plantain leaf and baked in steam called Ata; Payasam (rice boiled with jaggery). Palpayasam (rice boiled in milk and sugar) Pradhaman (rice boiled with jaggery and extracted coconut milk) and Palata Pradhaman (rice flakes boiled in milk and sugar) are important offerings as Nivedyams.
Material offerings Particular:
For children. Children's toys and jewels, cradles and perambulators, presents of cloth to boys, reading by oneself or causing to be read by others the avathara chapters of the Bhagavatha or the Narayaneeyam and arranging for the staging of the avtaram story in the Krishnanattam etc. are performed by devotees to please Lord Guruvayurappan so as to bless them with children. they some times take to bhajan also.
For the cure of general depression etc.
1. Thulabharam: This is weighing of the individual concerned against gold, silver, precious stones, fruits, sugar, sugar-candy butter, rosewater, coconut, coconut husks, plantains fruits etc. according to the prayer of the devotee.
2. Figurines in gold and silver.
For special ailments: Figurines of the particular organ affected and jewels worn generally on them are offered for the cure of the ailments.
For success in profession etc; a certain percentage of salary, or earning, profits or daily collections.
For safe travel: Toy vehicles of silver and gold like planes, boats, ships cars buses trains etc.
Natathallal: Making over the child to the Lord. (The parent offers the child to the Lord by placing it before Him. After Natathallal, the child is supposed to be of Lord Guruvayurappan and the parent gets it back, with His blessings showered on it, and deposits an amount in the bhandaram according to his means.
Annaprasanam: This is the first feeding of the child before the Lord.
Vivaha: This is the marriage conducted in the presence of the Lord Guruvayurappan. For this there is a separate Vivahamandapam at the eastern nada of the temple just in front of the gopuram.
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