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 alive in us for a very long time.
Moving on we come across is that of Sri Raghavendra, another Rama devotee; A saint also believed to be an avatar is in meditation state. Next is the sannadhi of Lord Krishna where we are enraptured by Sri Krishna besides Bhama and Rukmini. Temple provides the devotees with theertham here followed by kumkuma prasadam left in the tables. Following this, all who visit temple are awarded with prasadams. It varies from Sweet pongal, pepper pongal, sundal or tamarind rice depending on the time of the day. We thank the God for the prasadam and walk out of the temple taking the final glimpses of his darshan.
Aanjaneya temple is generally crowded on Saturdays and on festival occasions. Hanuman Jayanti is one difficult for darshan, the queue of devotees runs into few kilometers cutting across 3-4 streets all the way to Nanganallur's main road. Early mornings and early evening from 4 to 5 pm are usually less crowded granting a longer darshan. A must visit temple for people of Chennai. Also Nanganallur is called a mini-Kancheepuram in terms of the number of temples it houses so a trip to this part of the city would be nothing short of worth while.
Om Veera Aanjaneya Namaha!
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 alive in us for a very long time.
Moving on we come across is that of Sri Raghavendra, another Rama devotee; A saint also believed to be an avatar is in meditation state. Next is the sannadhi of Lord Krishna where we are enraptured by Sri Krishna besides Bhama and Rukmini. Temple provides the devotees with theertham here followed by kumkuma prasadam left in the tables. Following this, all who visit temple are awarded with prasadams. It varies from Sweet pongal, pepper pongal, sundal or tamarind rice depending on the time of the day. We thank the God for the prasadam and walk out of the temple taking the final glimpses of his darshan.
Aanjaneya temple is generally crowded on Saturdays and on festival occasions. Hanuman Jayanti is one difficult for darshan, the queue of devotees runs into few kilometers cutting across 3-4 streets all the way to Nanganallur's main road. Early mornings and early evening from 4 to 5 pm are usually less crowded granting a longer darshan. A must visit temple for people of Chennai. Also Nanganallur is called a mini-Kancheepuram in terms of the number of temples it houses so a trip to this part of the city would be nothing short of worth while.
Om Veera Aanjaneya Namaha!
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