My Favourite God

"Hare Krishna Guruvayurappa Saranam"
Guruvayur Temple is very famous in India. Lord Krishna's deity was installed by Guru Bhruhaspathi and Vayu the wind God. .That is why the temple got the name. Guruvayur.It is situated near Thrissur in Kerala.

The Guruvayur temple is known as Bhooloka Vaikunda and is believed to be more than 5000 years old.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guruvayur_Temple(Thasla Purana of this Temple)

Bhagavan Vishnu himself worshipped the idol (made out of Pathala Anjanam)at Guruvayur . Vishnu gave the idol to Brahma . Prajapati Sutapa and his wife Prsni did penance to Brahma, and pleased with their devotion Brahma gave them this idol. Sutapa and his wife Prsni worshipped the idol with such devotion that Mahavishnu Himself appeared before them for granting them a boon. In their over enthusiasm they asked thrice "We need a son equivalent to you" . Mahavishnu told them that He Himself will be born as their son in three different janmas (birth) and in all the three janmas you will get the vigraha given to you by Brahma .

In the first janma in Satya Yuga, Mahavishnu was born as Prsnigarbha, as son of Sutapa and Prsni. Psrigarba instructed the world the importance of Brahmacharya to the world. In the second janma, Sutapa and his wife Prsni were born as Kashayap and Aditi and Mahavishnu was born as Vamana, their son in Treta yuga. In Dwapara yuga, Krishna was born as son of Vasudeva and Devaki . This idol was given to them by Daumya for worship. Sri Krishna established a big temple at Dwaraka and installed this idol there. At the time of swargaarohana Krishna instructed his devotee Udhava to install the idol at a sacred place with the help of Brihaspathi, the guru of the Devas and Vayu, the wind God. They (Guru and Vayu) took the idol and came down to a place down south and installed it. This is why the place got its name Guruvayu, where ur means place. It is also said that Bhagavan Shiva and his consort Devi Parvathi were present at the auspicious moment and because there was a lack of space in the temple premises, Shiva moved a little further away, and gives his blessings from Mammiyur Temple, which is near the Guruvayoor Temple. Every devotee who goes to Guruvayur is supposed to go to Mammiyur also, as the ritual goes. Only Hindus are allowed inside the temple premises. The temple Tank is known as Rudra Thirtham.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guruvayur_Temple