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village of

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in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

History of the temple

The name Ardhagiri came from an incident related to '' Treta Yuga'', when Lord Hanuman was transporting dronagiri Mountain (mountain that consists of herbs for life), in night time

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brother of

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thought that some mountain is going to hurt; immediately he shot an arrow on hanuman. Due to its effect, half of the mountain fell down at this place and hence, the name ''Ardhagiri''. In the local language, it means Half Mountain (Ardha=half, giri=mountain). From then, people started worshipping hanuman in the name of veera anjaneya swamy. Many people, till today, come from all the world to collect the medicated water in the pond, besides to the temple. The clay in the mountain contains many medicinal properties and has a power to cure many types of skin problems. The water in the pond comes from different place from the mountain, touching many roots of medicinal plants.

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*{{Commons category-inline, Ardhagiri Hindu temples in Chittoor district Hanuman temples 12th-century Hindu temples Hills of Andhra Pradesh