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Panchamuga Anjaneya Temple Pondicherry
Dear friends
I had been to the Panchamukha Anjaneyar temple at Pondicherry yesterday. It is my second visit to the temple. During my earlier visit during 2012 mid, the closed pathway was not there to reach the temple. Now closed pathway, arranged car parking and footwear keeping are there. I am not sure, the Anjaneyar is equal in size to Nanganallur Anjaneyar. Being Friday the crowd was not much. The temple is VERY NEAT and well maintained. The temple has a Rama sannidhi and Vinayaka Sannidhi. We performed Archana and ticket cost is 30-00 per family. For car parking 20-00 rupees is charged. The following is a COMPILATION about the temple from different websites. A few repetitons are there, worth repeating.
Sincerely
GopalaKrishnan 20-2-2016
1 Introduction
Panchamukha Anjaneya Temple is in Panchavatee, a small village, on the high way leading to Tindivanam, about 12 kms away from Pondicherry (Puducherry).
The gigantic image of Anjaneya (Hanuman) that stands 36 feet high is one of the tallest Hanuman images in India. Panchamukha Anjaneya Temple is run by Pamchamukha Sri Jayamurthi Seva Trust including Parama Sri Ramani Anna. The temple land was donated by Santhanam Iyengar.
2 History
This temple has been constructed on 12 acres of land and the area where the temple of Sri Panchamukha Anjaneyaswamy (Hanuman) is located is known as Panchavatee Kshetram. In the great Indian epic, Ramayana, Panchavatee was described as the forest area where Rama and his wife, Sita spent some years as part of their exile from Ayodhya.The Panchamukha Sri Anjaneyaswamy's Vigraham (statue) was installed on 11th June 2003.
3 Pilgrims Visit
Panchamukha Sri Anjaneya's devotees throng this temple to offer him a garland of ulundu vadais (black gram savory doughnuts), known popularly as Hanumar vadais. The significance behind offering this garland is that black gram has cooling properties. This cools down the angry form of Anjaneya and makes him benign to his devotees. Another reason is that the black gram is also the dedicated grain for Lord Saneeswaran (Saturn) and the two snake planets, Rahu and Ketu. It is believed that devotees of Anjaneya do not get affected by the bad positions of these planets. On Saturdays, the day dedicated to Sani, many vadamalais (garlands of vadais) are offered to Anjaneya.
4 Attractions
The Temple-Panchamukha Anjaneya Temple near Pondicherry (Puducherry) has two magnificent shrines. The first one is dedicated to Jayamangala Valampuri Maha Ganapathy and the other to Lord Rama (incarnation of Lord Vishnu). Rama is shown in his Pattabishega Thirukolam (coronation form).
The Anjaneya deity is a unique Viswaroopa image (universal image) with five faces. Hanuman's own face is shown in the center with the other four showing Garuda (kite, vehicle of Vishnu), Hayagreeva (horse-faced incarnation), Narasimha (lion-faced incarnation and Varaha (boar-faced image). This five-faced Panchamukha Sri Anjaneya is a symbol of the synergy that exists in Hinduism between animal, man and the divine!
As only four faces of Anjaneya are visible from the front, a small glass window on the rear wall allows you to see the fifth face at the rear as you take a pradakshinam (circumambulation) of the shrine.
In front of Panchamukha Sri Anjaneya's shrine, there is a vessel filled with water which has a floating stone said to weigh about 14 kgs, which was one of the rocks used by Lord Ram's Vaanar Sena (monkey army) to build the bridge across to Lanka. Rama was on a mission to attack his wife Sita's kidnapper, the ten-headed demon Ravana. Panchamuga Anjaneya Temple has been built at Panchavadi, a small village, on the high way leading to Tindivanam. It is just 12kms distance from Puducherry. The gigantic idol of Anjaneya which is standing 32 feet high is becoming popular day by day and attracts all worshippers, young and old, alike from far and near.
Located on the Tindivanam-Pondicherry National Highway, is the Jayamangala Panchamukha Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple around His Magnificient Viswaroopa form standing 36 feet tall and 15 feet wide - not seen anywhere else on this earth.
There are two magnificent sannidhis, one for Jayamangala Valampuri Maha Ganapathy and another for Sri Ramachandra Prabhu in Pattabishega Thirukolam (Coronation Durbar) showering their benign blessings on all devotees
This Temple has been constructed on a 12 acre land, located on the 29th kilometre on the Tindivanam - Pondicherry National Highway. This area where the Temple for Sri Panchamukha Anjaneyaswamy is located is known as Panchavatee Kshetram. The Panchamukha Sri Anjaneyaswamy's Vigraham, installed at the Panchavatee Kshetram on 11th June 2003, is in unique Viswaroopa posture (Thirukolam), 36 feet in height not seen anywhere else on this earth. Besides this sannidhi for Anjaneyaswamy, the Temple also enshrines Sannidhis for Jayamangala Mahaganapathi and Sri Ramachandraprabhu in Pattabhisheka Thirukolam.
The Consecreation (Maha-kumbhabhishekam) for this Temple was performed on 31st January 2007
5 Special Sevas to Panchamukha Sri Anjaneya Swamy
Special Sevas are to be carried out only at specific day and time. The Special Sevas to Panchamukha Sri Anjaneya Swamy are:
Name of Seva Time
Sri Rama Vasthra Seva 7.45am - 11.45am
4.30pm - 8.45pm
Sahasranama Archana 7.00pm - 8.00pm
One day Prasadam 7.45am - 11.45am
4.30pm - 8.45pm
One kala Prasadam Nivedhanam 7.45am - 11.45am
4.30pm - 8.45pm
Raksha Bandanam 6.00pm - 8.45pm
Nei Deepam 7.45am - 11.45am
4.30pm - 8.45pm
6 Details for donations by cheque or demand draft:
Payable to: Panchamukha Sri Jayamaruthi Seva Trust
Send To: Mr.S.Narasimhan
Treasurer
51C 3rd Main Road, Kasturibai nagar, Chennai - 600020
P: 4213-4179, 2372-7485 M: (98410) 27456
Details for donations by wire transfer:
Account Name: Panchamukha Sri Jayamaruthi Seva Trust
Account Number: 01100050010
Bank: State Bank of India
VANNUR BRANCH
Villupuram District
Tamil Nadu - 605111
SWIFT Code: SBININBBA-474
7. Ramayana depiction
The entire story of Ramayana has been depicted here with paintings of the important incidents in order, at the top on the walls on both sides in front of the Anjaneyar sannidhi.
The idol of Panchamukha Anjaneyar here is 36-feet tall! on the lotus-base, While only the four faces of Anjaneyar are visible from the front, you can see the fifth face, which is on the back-side of the head, from a small glass window on the back-side wall, while doing pradakshiNam. In front of the Anjaneyar sannidhi, there is a vessel filled with water which has a floating stone that was used by Lord Ram's Vaanar Sena to build the bridge to Lanka.
Apart from Anjaneyar, the other sannidhis in this temple are: a piLLaiyaar sannidhi that has a huge idol of PiLLaiyaar and a rAmar sannidhi where idols of Rama and Sita along with Bharata, Shatrugna, Lakshmana, Hanuman, Jambavan, Vibhishana, Angada, Sugreeva, Garuda, is present as in Vishnu sannidhi.
Panchamuga Anjaneya Temple Pondicherry
Dear friends
I had been to the Panchamukha Anjaneyar temple at Pondicherry yesterday. It is my second visit to the temple. During my earlier visit during 2012 mid, the closed pathway was not there to reach the temple. Now closed pathway, arranged car parking and footwear keeping are there. I am not sure, the Anjaneyar is equal in size to Nanganallur Anjaneyar. Being Friday the crowd was not much. The temple is VERY NEAT and well maintained. The temple has a Rama sannidhi and Vinayaka Sannidhi. We performed Archana and ticket cost is 30-00 per family. For car parking 20-00 rupees is charged. The following is a COMPILATION about the temple from different websites. A few repetitons are there, worth repeating.
Sincerely
GopalaKrishnan 20-2-2016
1 Introduction
Panchamukha Anjaneya Temple is in Panchavatee, a small village, on the high way leading to Tindivanam, about 12 kms away from Pondicherry (Puducherry).
The gigantic image of Anjaneya (Hanuman) that stands 36 feet high is one of the tallest Hanuman images in India. Panchamukha Anjaneya Temple is run by Pamchamukha Sri Jayamurthi Seva Trust including Parama Sri Ramani Anna. The temple land was donated by Santhanam Iyengar.
2 History
This temple has been constructed on 12 acres of land and the area where the temple of Sri Panchamukha Anjaneyaswamy (Hanuman) is located is known as Panchavatee Kshetram. In the great Indian epic, Ramayana, Panchavatee was described as the forest area where Rama and his wife, Sita spent some years as part of their exile from Ayodhya.The Panchamukha Sri Anjaneyaswamy's Vigraham (statue) was installed on 11th June 2003.
3 Pilgrims Visit
Panchamukha Sri Anjaneya's devotees throng this temple to offer him a garland of ulundu vadais (black gram savory doughnuts), known popularly as Hanumar vadais. The significance behind offering this garland is that black gram has cooling properties. This cools down the angry form of Anjaneya and makes him benign to his devotees. Another reason is that the black gram is also the dedicated grain for Lord Saneeswaran (Saturn) and the two snake planets, Rahu and Ketu. It is believed that devotees of Anjaneya do not get affected by the bad positions of these planets. On Saturdays, the day dedicated to Sani, many vadamalais (garlands of vadais) are offered to Anjaneya.
4 Attractions
The Temple-Panchamukha Anjaneya Temple near Pondicherry (Puducherry) has two magnificent shrines. The first one is dedicated to Jayamangala Valampuri Maha Ganapathy and the other to Lord Rama (incarnation of Lord Vishnu). Rama is shown in his Pattabishega Thirukolam (coronation form).
The Anjaneya deity is a unique Viswaroopa image (universal image) with five faces. Hanuman's own face is shown in the center with the other four showing Garuda (kite, vehicle of Vishnu), Hayagreeva (horse-faced incarnation), Narasimha (lion-faced incarnation and Varaha (boar-faced image). This five-faced Panchamukha Sri Anjaneya is a symbol of the synergy that exists in Hinduism between animal, man and the divine!
As only four faces of Anjaneya are visible from the front, a small glass window on the rear wall allows you to see the fifth face at the rear as you take a pradakshinam (circumambulation) of the shrine.
In front of Panchamukha Sri Anjaneya's shrine, there is a vessel filled with water which has a floating stone said to weigh about 14 kgs, which was one of the rocks used by Lord Ram's Vaanar Sena (monkey army) to build the bridge across to Lanka. Rama was on a mission to attack his wife Sita's kidnapper, the ten-headed demon Ravana. Panchamuga Anjaneya Temple has been built at Panchavadi, a small village, on the high way leading to Tindivanam. It is just 12kms distance from Puducherry. The gigantic idol of Anjaneya which is standing 32 feet high is becoming popular day by day and attracts all worshippers, young and old, alike from far and near.
Located on the Tindivanam-Pondicherry National Highway, is the Jayamangala Panchamukha Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple around His Magnificient Viswaroopa form standing 36 feet tall and 15 feet wide - not seen anywhere else on this earth.
There are two magnificent sannidhis, one for Jayamangala Valampuri Maha Ganapathy and another for Sri Ramachandra Prabhu in Pattabishega Thirukolam (Coronation Durbar) showering their benign blessings on all devotees
This Temple has been constructed on a 12 acre land, located on the 29th kilometre on the Tindivanam - Pondicherry National Highway. This area where the Temple for Sri Panchamukha Anjaneyaswamy is located is known as Panchavatee Kshetram. The Panchamukha Sri Anjaneyaswamy's Vigraham, installed at the Panchavatee Kshetram on 11th June 2003, is in unique Viswaroopa posture (Thirukolam), 36 feet in height not seen anywhere else on this earth. Besides this sannidhi for Anjaneyaswamy, the Temple also enshrines Sannidhis for Jayamangala Mahaganapathi and Sri Ramachandraprabhu in Pattabhisheka Thirukolam.
The Consecreation (Maha-kumbhabhishekam) for this Temple was performed on 31st January 2007
5 Special Sevas to Panchamukha Sri Anjaneya Swamy
Special Sevas are to be carried out only at specific day and time. The Special Sevas to Panchamukha Sri Anjaneya Swamy are:
Name of Seva Time
Sri Rama Vasthra Seva 7.45am - 11.45am
4.30pm - 8.45pm
Sahasranama Archana 7.00pm - 8.00pm
One day Prasadam 7.45am - 11.45am
4.30pm - 8.45pm
One kala Prasadam Nivedhanam 7.45am - 11.45am
4.30pm - 8.45pm
Raksha Bandanam 6.00pm - 8.45pm
Nei Deepam 7.45am - 11.45am
4.30pm - 8.45pm
6 Details for donations by cheque or demand draft:
Payable to: Panchamukha Sri Jayamaruthi Seva Trust
Send To: Mr.S.Narasimhan
Treasurer
51C 3rd Main Road, Kasturibai nagar, Chennai - 600020
P: 4213-4179, 2372-7485 M: (98410) 27456
Details for donations by wire transfer:
Account Name: Panchamukha Sri Jayamaruthi Seva Trust
Account Number: 01100050010
Bank: State Bank of India
VANNUR BRANCH
Villupuram District
Tamil Nadu - 605111
SWIFT Code: SBININBBA-474
7. Ramayana depiction
The entire story of Ramayana has been depicted here with paintings of the important incidents in order, at the top on the walls on both sides in front of the Anjaneyar sannidhi.
The idol of Panchamukha Anjaneyar here is 36-feet tall! on the lotus-base, While only the four faces of Anjaneyar are visible from the front, you can see the fifth face, which is on the back-side of the head, from a small glass window on the back-side wall, while doing pradakshiNam. In front of the Anjaneyar sannidhi, there is a vessel filled with water which has a floating stone that was used by Lord Ram's Vaanar Sena to build the bridge to Lanka.
Apart from Anjaneyar, the other sannidhis in this temple are: a piLLaiyaar sannidhi that has a huge idol of PiLLaiyaar and a rAmar sannidhi where idols of Rama and Sita along with Bharata, Shatrugna, Lakshmana, Hanuman, Jambavan, Vibhishana, Angada, Sugreeva, Garuda, is present as in Vishnu sannidhi.