Wednesday, July 21, 2004
An appointment with child-God
Yesternight we had travelled to Guruvayur and stayed for the night there , at the Bank's guest house, for the early morning darshan of the Lord. At 2 morning we walked to the temple , wearing a dhoti and an upper cloth and joined the already swelling crowd of devotees waiting in the queue. The temple was absolutely marvellous , a fifteenth century structure built in the typical Kerala style architecture of stone and wood with leisurely slanting roofs and wooden structures so prettily finished that they looked like metalwork . The charged atmosphere was simply wonderful with devotees jostling with each other in the temple sanctum chanting God's name. Little Balakrishna seemed to watch us everywhere with His wonderful smile ,with amused indulgence .
¶ 11:16 PM
Yesternight we had travelled to Guruvayur and stayed for the night there , at the Bank's guest house, for the early morning darshan of the Lord. At 2 morning we walked to the temple , wearing a dhoti and an upper cloth and joined the already swelling crowd of devotees waiting in the queue. The temple was absolutely marvellous , a fifteenth century structure built in the typical Kerala style architecture of stone and wood with leisurely slanting roofs and wooden structures so prettily finished that they looked like metalwork . The charged atmosphere was simply wonderful with devotees jostling with each other in the temple sanctum chanting God's name. Little Balakrishna seemed to watch us everywhere with His wonderful smile ,with amused indulgence .
¶ 11:16 PM
