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Nanganallur - Bhaktha Anjaneyar

Sree Ram Jai Ram Sree Ram Jai Ram Sree Ram Jai Ram floats gently in your ears as you enter the Aanjaneya Swami temple in Nanganallur. Arulmigu Aadhi vyadhi Hara Bhaktha Anjaneyar confers you with his darshan right at the entrance. As we go inside the temple we can learn how contemporary it is. The first God we see is the first in Gods - Vinayakar. Next is the sannadhi of KodhandaRama, Aanjaneya's favourite god - lord Rama blesses us along with Sita, Lakshmana and Aanjaneya himself. As the name suggests Rama can seen with his bow (Kodhandam) and Sita in her glorious. Any number of eyes would not be enough to witness this darshan.  As we move into Aanjaneyar sannadhi, the bhakthi in his face captures us. The calm and composed Aanjaneyar is in prayer to his lord Rama. The 32 feet Aanjaneyar does depict valour but most importantly is an epitome of bhakthi. We pray to Aanjaneyar when in need of bravery and this lord instigates bhakthi with his huge presence. This image remains al