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 Chennai, India. 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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