PLACES OF ITINERARY INTEREST

SRI ANJANEYA TEMPLE

It is situated on the Viiaya Kiladri hill, supposed to have been the sacrosanct place where Arjuna did penance for obtaining Pasupatha, although the battle between him or Siva was fought on Indrakila according to sthalagnas.

Its antiquity takes us to the Tretayaga, when Sri Rama, the exemplary duty-bound son of Dasaratha preferred to go into exile to gratify the wish of his step mother-Kaikeyi. Sita was  abducted by the 10-headed cruel Ravana. While carried in the aerial chariot she let fall her jewel Chudamani in token of her obduction and identification and identification. When Rama and Lakshmana were making frantic search for Sita, they availed the darsan of Parvathi Parameswar, just then moving about there in their pleasant viharayatra. Parvathi was appraised of Sri Rama's plight. Then the compassionate Mother appeared before Sri Rama taking the for of Sita to gratifying him with a look of his spouse for a moment when he uttered Ha Sita! Sri Rama at once recognised an bowed to her. Then Parameswar sai that Hanuman, who is in deep penance on the Indrakila would render all assistance an everything culminate in auspiciousness boon. He also bade parvathi to be born as Durga in the coming Kaliyuga to lift manavali from Sokasagara.

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