Veera Anjaneyar Temple, Padavedu
This 3
years old temple is on the way to Ramar temple from Renugambal temple and close
to the Draupadi Mandapam. The beautiful deity, Veera Anjaneyar, is about 8 feet
tall. This Anjaneyar was in the main road without any temple and when they
wanted to move him for the new temple, they could not. Only after adorning him
with a Butter Alankaram made of about 40 kg of butter, he moved. The deity
which was earlier open to the sky in now well protected with an enclosed
sanctum sanctorum and compound wall surrounding the temple.
In
Padavedu, you cannot see the Navagraha shrine in any of the temples (Navagraha
worship came into practice only in later period) and worshipping Veera
Anjaneyar is considered equivalent to Navagraha worship. It is said that people
from the villages and forests nearby worship Anjaneya for deliverance from the
slight of the planets. Story has it that Renugambal blessed Anjaneya to appear
in 100 different forms and stand guard at her temples.
He
appears with his tail rounded up and it is considered that he has contained the
Navagrahas in his tail. He is appearing with his foot in a way ready fly to
Ayodhya from Lanka with his hands in a posture of blessing the devotees. His
foot and tail are considered very significant here.
The Vigraham is
about 8 feet tall and the visage offers an almost childlike innocence to the
devotee. Shri Anjaneyar here is in a side wise pose. His right hand is held
high inabhaya Hastam pose and the left hand is holding the tail which
curves around his head. The sweep of his tail is symbolic of troubles
encircling an individual and he holding the tail indicates his grace in
circumventing them and thus protecting the devotee.
It is a
norm that devotees offer worship at Anjaneyar temple before visiting the other
innumerable temples in Padavedu. It is considered auspicious to offer Anna
dhanam at the temple as a navagraha dosha nivaranam.
He is a
very powerful Anjaneyar who can fulfill all your wishes. A devotee from Hyderabad
came here and prayed just like that for his son’s U.S trip. Since it got
fulfilled without any problem, he offered a big golden Ramar dollar which adorns
the Anjaneyar now.
Padavedu
is protected by Veera Anjaneyar and Kali on all 8 directions and so you can see
Veera Anjaneyar temples in many places around Padavedu. There is one (small
shrine) at the back of the Renugambal temple also.
TVS
group has played an important role in the renovation of the temple and its
clean and quiet atmosphere is a boon to any devotee in itself.
Contact: Mr
Vasudeva Bhattar at 91596 32669 / 04181 248303
References
https://shanthiraju.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/padavedu/
