Saturday, December 9, 2017

Luz Anjaneya Temple, Mylapore, Chennai

Luz Anjaneya Temple, Mylapore, Chennai
Luz Anjaneya Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Hanuman located in Luz in Mylapore in Chennai City in Tamilnadu. It is the oldest temple of Hanuman in the city of ChennaiIndia. This temple is also called as Thanneerthurai Hanuman Temple as once the place was called Thanneer Thurai.


History
The Luz Anjaneya temple was constructed by Salivahana Chettiars from Mysore who migrated and settled down in Mylapore in the 18th century. With land granted by the Nawab of the Carnatic, the Chettiars constructed two Vinayaga temples. While digging a well, they found the self-manifested idol of the Hindu god Hanuman. As a result, they constructed a Hanuman temple on the spot.

There is a modern history attached with this temple. Usually literature legends place their scripts in a temple before it goes to other's hands, Rajaji who rewrote Ramayana in Tamil has placed his first script here in this temple.

The Temple
The temple is located next to Sanskrit College, is one of the oldest Hanuman temples in Chennai City. Although the temple is very small and the idol of Hanuman is also small, the temple is always crowded by the devotees. The temple, which is around 300 years old, has Hanuman as the presiding deity. There are two shrines in the temple - one dedicated to Ram-Lakshman-Sita and another shrine dedicated to Krishna-Rukmini-Bhama. A shrine to the Hindu god Rama was constructed within the complex in 1954. The temple celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2000.



Connectivity
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