Prasanna Yoga Anjaneyar Temple is a Hindu temple devoted to
Hanuman, located
Chromepet,
Chennai,
India, near the
Madras Institute of Technology
Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) is an engineering institute located in Chromepet, Chennai, India. It is one of the four autonomous constituent colleges of Anna University. It was established in 1949 by Chinnaswami Rajam as the first self-f ...
.
History
The Hanuman idol was found sometime around 1930. According to local folklore, a 13-year-old girl living in this area, Aanjaneya Ammal, had a dream one night that the God wanted his temple to be built in this place. The next day she told her family.
Some days later, Mahaswami Sri
Chandrashekarendra Saraswati
Jagadguru Shri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Mahaswamigal (born Swaminathan Sharma; 20 May 1894 – 8 January 1994) also known as the Sage of Kanchi or Mahaperiyavar (meaning, "The great elder") was the 68th Jagadguru Shankaracharya of the Kanc ...
was visiting the area. Ammal shared her dream with the
Swamigal. The Swamigal immediately asked the people with him to go and search the area. The men went as advised and found a number of idols lying on the ground. Later with
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams funding, the temple was constructed on the site.
Services
Puja is conducted every day and hundreds of residents throng this temple for the Lord's blessing. One can also find the photo of Aanjaneya Ammal inside the temple.
Every six months, the current poojari of the temple, Thiru Raghavan, conducts Pazhakapu (decoration with fruits) and Vennakapu (decoration with butter) of the lord's
Vigraham
In the Hindu tradition, a ''murti'' ( sa, मूर्ति, mūrti, ) is a devotional image such as a statue, or "idol" (a common and non-pejorative term in Indian English), of a deity or saint. In Hindu temples, it is a symbolic icon. Th ...
(idol). As part of this ritual, donations are collected from interested devotees and the Lord is decorated elaborately for the Puja.
Fruits are used on some days and butter on some others.
References
Hanuman temples
Hindu temples in Kanchipuram district
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