Sapthaswara Sri Anjaneya Temple

Sapthaswara Sri Anjaneya Temple

Sapthaswara Sri Anjaneya Temple is in a place called Kozikuthi near Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu.This Anjaneya temple is part of Sri Vanamutti Perumal Temple.

Generally in all Hanuman temples we find the shrine closed on three sides and the facing side only open. But in this kshetra one can see the back portion of the Lord also. Lord Hanuman’s tail is seen raised till his head and there is a small bell in end of the tail.

The Lord is seen standing is a ‘ullasa bhava’ with his left leg slightly folded in a easy way and his right leg is seen secured to the ground. Thandai adorns the lotus feet of the Lord. Wearing a katcham, over which a uthriyam is tightly fastened over which there is a weast ornament. The two palms are held together in a ‘pranam’ posture,adorns ‘kankanam’ in wrists, ‘keyuram’ in the upper arm, and bhujavalaya on shoulders. Lord is seen wearing ‘yagyopaveetham’ and his neck is adorned with five different types of mala. He is seen wearing ‘kundala’ in his ears which is crowned with ‘karna puspha’ and his kesa is neatly tied with a ornamental ‘kesa bandha’. Lords ‘pingaksha’ is bright large and glowing bestowing benovalance to the devotee.

The Lord Sri Anjaneya of this kshetra is known as ‘Sapthaswara Sri Anjaneya’. While it is known in archeology that many temples in Bharath have pillars which can produce musical tones. In all these cases there will be different pillers to produce each note. But as a peculiar case this Lord Anjaneya produces all the seven notes of ‘sa ri ga ma pa tha ni ‘when tapped at different places of the deity. This is a unique feature of this deity and probably only one in Bharat.