The Krishna temple located in the town of Guruvayur in Kerala, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Krishna. He is considered one of the most sacred places of Kerala and also known as Bhuloka Vaikunta, which translated means "Sacred abode of Krishna on Earth".

It is believed that the temple was built more than a thousand years ago, although the exact date of its creation is unknown. The architecture of the building itself is fairly simple, but despite this, it looks majestic and noble.

The main attraction of the temple is a large statue depicting Krishna with four arms, holding the sacred sink Panchajanya, the Mace Kaumodaki, Lotus with a garland of Basil and magic disc with serrated edges called Sudarshan Chakra. The statue is completely carved from a single piece of stone "petalangan".

People believe that prayer Krishna in this temple can bring healing various diseases, disability and injury.

When you visit the temple you must consider that there is a kind of "dress code". Men should be bared to the waist, and dressed in munji - blanket, which is wrapped around the waist, although sometimes the chest is allowed to cover a small piece of cloth "wasthe". Women should be dressed in a Sari. Only just recently representatives of the beautiful half of humanity has allowed in the temple to be dressed in salwar-kameez, or as it is also called churidar-kameez, is a traditional Trouser suit of the Indian subcontinent. Unlike the Northern regions of India in the southern part of women should not cover their heads in Church. Also inside you can not go in shoes and to carry mobile phones, cameras and camera.