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Shri Hanumagiri Kshethra is situated atop a hill in the middle of Bangalore, India. It hosts an ancient Hanuman temple from which the hillock derives the name ‘Hanumagiri’. Hanumagiri is located in AGS Layout, Ittamadu locality.
The Ragigudda Sree Prasanna Anjaneyaswamy Temple, commonly referred to as Ragigudda Temple or Ragigudda Anjaneya Temple [1] is a temple dedicated to Lord Hanuman, spread across 5 acres also having a hillock in Jayanagara 9th Block suburb of Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. [2]
Inside the temple there is an eight foot high Murthi of Hanuman in which the Lord is standing at ease with his weapon, the Gadhe(Gada (mace)). On the top of the temple, there are giant statues of Lord Hanuman and Lord Rama hugging each other, as it is related they did after the conquest of Lanka. This gigantic statue is a symbol of the ...
The site was an early medieval era pilgrimage place known as Pampakshetra. Its fame came from the Kishkindha chapters of the Hindu epic Ramayana, where Rama and Lakshmana meet Hanuman, Sugriva and the monkey army in their search for kidnapped Sita. The Hampi area has many close resemblances to the place described in the epic.
Rama offers his ring to Maruti (Hanuman) to prove that he is Rama's messenger, surrounded by the vanaras of Kishkindha. Kishkindha (Sanskrit: किष्किन्धा, IAST: Kiṣkindhā) is a kingdom of the vanaras in Hinduism. It is ruled by King Sugriva, the younger brother of Vali, in the Sanskrit holy book Ramayana. [1]
Next to the Kumara Swamy temple there is another small granite hill. Atop this, there is a large water tank built by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board. It supplies potable water to the adjoining areas. On a clear day, wide views of Bangalore are available from the top of the hill.
There are also figures of Lakshmi, Hanuman, Garuda and Ganapati. There is a beautiful murti on the Gopuram near the entrance of Agni bhagavan with two heads, seven tongues and three legs. A yatra of Kodandarama temple is held for one day during February–March each year. The temple had a pond nearby which is now dry.
Moreover, Rama's trust in Hanuman's abilities is evident when he sends him on a crucial mission to locate Sita in Lanka. Rama's confidence in Hanuman's capabilities underscores the trust and reliance they have on each other as friends. In the battle between Vali and Sugriva, Rama prepared to kill Vali from the side of a tree