Veera Vijaya Anjaneya Temple, Dakshina Pathapalayam,
Vellore
Veera
Vijaya Anjaneya Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Hanuman located at Dakshina
Pathapalayam Village near Tamilnadu – Andhra Pradesh border in Gudiyattam
Taluk in Vellore District of Tamilnadu. The village
is surrounded by hills all the sides. Every month people in and around the
village visit this temple and celebrate Purnima and perform poojas.
History
Veera
Vijaya Anjaneya Swamy temple was one of the oldest temple in this village and
can be dated back to 1900. The monument was carved on stone near a small hill
nearby the village, The people in and around the village use to visit the
temple once in a year during Kartika
Purnima to perform poojas and
abhisheka to the lord Hanuman. Then the people of D P Palayam decided to
renovate the temple and built the temple for Hanuman. On July 1, 2011 Chaitra
Purnima the Kumbabhishekam for this temple is performed. Thousands of devotees
and Swami Kanchi Jayendra Saraswathi from Kanchipuram and Durga Prasad Swamiji from Vijayawada
or Bejawada joined this auspicious
function and made it as a Grand success. Now the temple is well known.
The
Temple
The
temple is east facing. Huge stone lamp pillar can be seen after entering the
Temple. Anjaneya Swamy is carved in the base of this lamp pillar. Subsequently,
an excellently carved camel, the vahanam of Sri Anjaneya, can be seen on a
raised platform just in front of the lamp pillar facing the Garbhagraham. The
vahana is carved so well that despite being in sitting posture, camel looks as
if it is ready to move. There is a huge mandapam, which has a beautiful arch on
the top decorated with Sri Rama Parivar and Sri Panchamukha Hanuman and Veera
Hanuman on either side.
The
Garbhagraham is in the west side of the mandapam. On the south west corner
there is a Sannathi for Valampuri Vinayakar, and in North West corner there is
a Sannathi for Sri Rama Parivar. Lord Sri Anjaneya Swamy of this Kshetra has
been carved on the big rock boulder of a hillock itself, in the form of an
‘ardha shila’. Lord is seen walking northward with his right lotus foot adoring
nupuram and thandai in the front. His left lotus foot is seen slightly raised
from the ground.
His left-hand
adorning bracelet is seen resting on the right hip and in his hand, he is
holding the stem of sowgandika flower. The flower is seen above his left
shoulder. He is wearing ornaments which adore his bosom. With his raised other
hand, he showers blessings on his devotees. The tail of the Lord rises above his
head with a curved end. Lord is wearing ear-studs and his Kesam is neatly tied.
His eyes are glowing and emitting karuna on the devotee. With such bright
glowing eyes Lord of the Kshetra is bestowing the blessings to his devotees.
Festivals
Devotees
can also take up a Vrata deeksha called Anjaneya malaadhaarana for a period of
40 days and perform the rituals at the end either at Hanuman Temple in the
village or at Vijayawada. Every
full moon day and on Hanuman
Jayanti people celebrate the occasion
in a very auspicious manner, people from many other villages, towns and cities
visit the temple in a large number every month. Every month people in and
around the village visit this temple and celebrate Purnima and perform poojas.
Connectivity
The
Temple is located at about 6 Kms from Paradarami, 25 Kms from Gudiyattam, 30
Kms from Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh and 41 Kms from Vellore. The Temple is
located approximately 1 Km from the border with Andhra
Pradesh. The Temple is situated between Gudiyattam to Chittoor State
Highway 88. From Paradarami one can reach D.P Palayam by Tamil Nadu State Transport
Corporation Town service buses, Andhra Pradesh State Road
Transport Corporation, Kalaimagal Transport
private bus, and also number of Share Auto services frequently available for
the public transportation. Nearest Railway Station is located at Vellore (42
Kms) and Nearest Airport is located at Chennai (174 Kms).
