Sri Veera Anjaneya Temple

Sri Veera Anjaneya Temple -Guindy

Sri Veera Anjaneya Temple is located on the GST road, which is adjacent to Guindy railway station-Chennai.
Sri Veera Anjaneya has been present here in Mangamma kulam [Mankulam/ Mangulam] for the last two hundred years or so.

Sri Veera Anjaneya of this temple is seen facing west and He is seen walking towards south. His lotus feet are adorned with Nupuram and his ankle with Thandai. Lords right hand is seen in ‘abhya’ mudhra. His left hand is resting on his hip and at the same time holding the gahamadhana pushpa which is seen raised upto his left shoulder. The deity is adorned with ‘kankana’ in the wrist and ‘keruram’ in the upper arm. Lord’s tail can be seen rising around his right hand with a beautiful bell tied atits end. His yagyopaveetham adds glory to his body. He is seen wearing two garlands around his neck.

History

In the past, pilgrims from North India came to Alandur with a deity of Sri Hanuman and camped near a small pond called Mangamma Kulam. These pilgrims, or Bairagis as they are called, had kept the Sri Hanuman idol in their camp, and offered daily prayers to it. Eventually, the locals settled near the pond also got involved themselves with the rituals and customs carried out at in respect of Sri Hanuman.

As ‘Biragis’ were a migrating community , their group decided to move out of their camp near ‘Mangamma Kulam’ in Guindy. But by the time people around ‘Mangamma Kulam’ who were accustomed to the worship of Sri Hanuman were very reluctant to let their favorite deity go along with biragis. But biragis by their custom wanted to move out of the camp since they had already stayed in this place for a prolonged period. Owing to local people’s wishes, biragis decided to offer the vigraha of Sri Hanuman to them for their worship.

Sri Hanuman installed by those biragis continued to be worshiped by the locals thereon. In the course of time, Sri Hanuman was also called as ‘Sri Veera Anjaneyar’and the Mangamma kulam had changed to Mankulam. However, the sanctity of Sri Veera Anjaneya continued to attract people from far off places.

Lord’s eyes are showering all compassion on the devotee through his direct dristi, mesmerising the devotee.