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Aug 24, 2019 8 tweets 4 min read Read on X
Since it is #KrishnaJanmashtami season, a short thread on some of my favourite Krishna temples. From Kerala since I am here now. 😊

This one at Kalady, the birth place of Adi Shankara. 😊🙏

सुपिन्छ गुच्छ मस्तकम् , सुनाद वेणु हस्तकम् ,
अनङ्ग रङ्ग सागरम्, नमामि कृष्ण नागरम् ॥ Image
सान्द्रानन्दावबोधात्मकमनुपमितं कालदेशावधिभ्यां
निर्मुक्तं नित्यमुक्तं निगमशतसहस्रेण निर्भास्यमानम् ।
अस्पष्टं दृष्टमात्रे पुनरुरुपुरुषार्थात्मकं ब्रह्म तत्वं
तत्तावद्भाति साक्षाद् गुरुपवनपुरे हन्त भाग्यं जनानाम् ॥

Next is lord Guruvayurappa in Kerala. 😍

Blessed to be here.🙏 Image
From there to the little Navaneetha Krishna temple in Thanjavur. It is beside the Bangaru Kamakshi temple.

Saint Tyagaraja composed 'Navaneeta Chora Devaki Vasudeva Nandana' at this temple. 😍 🙏 Image
Onwards to coastal Andhra town of Karvetinagaram. The erstwhile princely state and the large temple of Sri Venugopalaswamy. 😍

The temple once had a huge number of Kalavantulu (devadasis) and the famous composer Sarangapani whose Padams are still performed. Image
We aren't too far from the town of Movva! Another beautiful temple of lord Venugopalaswamy.

The famous poet Kshetrayya hailed from here. A lot of his Padams are dedicated to Krishna here. They are still sung in Carnatic kacheris and performed in Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi. 😊
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From there to the Bangalore-Mysore highway. Turn off at Chennapatana and few mins ahead you reach Doddamalur. The ancient temple of Lord Aprameya Krishna! 🙏

It was here that Sangita Pitamaha Saint Purandaradasa composed the famous 'Jagadhodharana Adisidale'.

Krishna is 😍
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From there into the lush western ghats! Udupi! At the Krishna Matha.

This wonderful Krishna holding a buttermilk churner has been blessing everyone for centuries now! 😍

Image of HH Pejavara Sri performing Pooja. 🙏
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Will end with this beautiful company school painting from the Mysore palace archives. A lovely #KrishnaJayanthi procession😍

The Wodeyar Kings of Mysore trace their history back to descendants of Lord Krishna's Yaduvamsam who migrated from Dwaraka

May lord Krishna bless all! Image

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