GURUVAYUR: Kavapra Marath Achuthan Namboothiri will take charge as the chief priest of Guruvayur for the next six months tonight. The current Melshanthi Puthumana Sreejith Namboothiri will place the keys in a silver vessel after the evening puja and step down. Uralan Mallissery Parameswaran Namboothiripad will hand over the key ring to the new chief priest Achuthan Namboothiri. The new chief priest will stay in the temple for six months and perform pujas without leaving. Since the chief priest changing ceremony is happening, there will be darshan restrictions tonight after evening deeparadhana ritual.