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Porur - Siva Veera Aanjaneyar

Sri seetha lakshmana bharatha chathrukuna hanumath sametha
sri ramachandra swami parabrahmane namaha
sri anjaneya swami parabrahmane namaha!


praying to the lord of braveness to shower strength so that we can face all ups and downs in life head on.  Yaayuputra has always been kind enough to provide all his devotees with huge amount of courage and here in Porur he is bound to bless that in abundance being Veera Aanjaneyar.

The deity here is believed to have been erected by Vyasaraayar. Entrance to the temple have huge potraits depicting the history of the lord's existence here. All types of lamps lit in the temple are sold just near the main entrance. Agals (mud lamp) with oil, ghee, ellu and butter for aanjaneyar are available ranging Rs. 2 to Rs.5 each.

The main deity Anjaneya's praharam is quiet small for people are let into this area in batches only during peak timings like Saturdays. Trishnam is given once you have worshoppied the lord. This temple is surprisingly is the home of many  other deities. Selva Vinayagar comes first followed by Ayyappan and Hayagreevar. Next comes Ranganathar and   Sivan darshans that too in pallikonda postures. Gayathri, Durga, Balamurugan and Bairavar complete the list of deities here.

When you try to step out of the temple, prasadam's are given to all devotees round the clock. It happenned to be the September - navaratri time so outside the temple a stage hosting bhajans by pretty girl children enhanced our whole experience.

Coming away from the stage we happened to see the temple tank. Once could observe this requires a lot of maintanence. Overall it was a worthy devotional worship of God Maruthi.

The temple is very near to the main road from porur which eventually leads to poonamalee. We have to take the right before the Porur signal to get to this temple.

Om Veera Aanchaneya Namaha!

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