Mar 04, 2016 08:59 AM
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Guruvayoor is a modest town in Trisshur district of Kerala, India with a great Vishnu temple. The place has lots of hotels and resorts to accommodate the crowd that comes into the town each day. especially weekends. Near there temple, there are quite some shops to buy different types of fancy gift items related to Guruvayoor and Guruvayurappan.
Guruvayur can be accessed from Kochi city by National Highway NH 17, which starts from Edapally in Kochi and interchange from Chavakkad. Guruvayur can be accessed from Thrissur city by state highway 49. Guruvayur can be accessed from Kozhikkode city by Chamravattom, interchange from Chavakkad. From city there are regular private and State-owned Kerala State Road Transport Corporation(KSRTC) buses. There is a private and a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus stand in Guruvayur which run inter-state, inter-district and city services.
The main rail transport system in Guruvayur is operated by the Southern Railway Zone of Indian Railways. Guruvayur Railway Station lies in the Thrissur-Guruvayur Section. It is the last station in this section. There are two passenger trains operating from Guruvayur Railway Station to Ernakulam Junction and another two passenger trains to Thrissur Railway Station every day.
