Sri Veeranjaneya Swamy Temple - Gandi
The lord in this Kshetram
is seen as bright as the rising sun. One hand of the idol opens towards the sky as if
giving ashirwad to devotees. The other hand holds a holy flower called
Sowgandigai. The tail of the idol goes over its head and at the end of the tail
is a resemblance of the OM symbol.
Sri Rama thinking about
Anjaneya pictured Anjaneya on the rock with his arrow. Sri Rama had left
Ayodhya without completing this picture. The picture of lord Anjaneya is complete
in all respects except the little finger of Anajneya’s left hand.
In Telugu, Gandi means a
narrow valley with a running river. Sri Gandi Veera Anjaneya Swamy temple is
facing towards the West direction and was constructed in the Dravidian style of
architecture. There are two gopurams with five tiers in West and South
directions. The temple Gopuram has images of gods and a lot of animal images. The temple has
a Dhwaja Stambham. The image at the feet of lord Anjaneya is that of Udgavi
Acharyulu or Gandi Acharyulu. It is he who first constructed the sanctum
sanctorum and brought the temple to the notice of the public.
The stone prakaram around the
sanctum sanctorum was built by one Tirupathi Seshanna in 1911.
The devotees take their bath at Papagni, worship the lord, and fulfill their
vows. The Hanuman idol is made of a single Black marble stone. The temple flooring
is made of rock stand stone.
This temple was built during the 19th century.
Temple Timings :
Veerapanayani Palle,Sangameswara Temple – 30 kms
Kamalapuram, PatalaSomeswara Temple – 54 kms
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