Thursday, March 11, 2010

RamaAnjaneyar Temple on GST

I was visiting the MEPZ today. On the way back, I went to the Rama Anjaneyar Templee on GST Road, a short distance after MEPZZ when travelling towards Chennai.

This is a pair of Temples in the same complex, one for Shiva and the other for Rama. Both Temples have a tall Gopuram surmounting a small entrance chamber leading to a large covered square hall with the sanctum santorum in the middle. The Sanctum is on a raised platform with steps leading up to the antechamber. The Antechamber can accomodate ten to fifteen devotees who can have dharshanof the idol.

In the Ramar Temple I saw many unstripped coconuts hanging in a corner. These have been placed by devotees who will come back on the twenty-first day after hanging it to break it open and offer it to Lord Anjaneya. It is believed that anu prayer made duringt this twenty-one day period will be answered by the deity.

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