Rare forms of Hanuman

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!! Sri Rama Jayam !!

 

Panchamukhi Hanuman:

 

Lord Hanuman is said to have appeared before Raghavendraswamy in a unique way

amalgamating within him the avataras of " varaha, garuda, anjaneya, narasimha and

hayagreeva " , thus five-headed. Panchamukhi, located on the south bank of river

Tungabhadra near Manchala now known as Mantralayam is where Raghavendraswamy

performed penance for 12 long years in a cave. In appreciation of his Yoga, Lord

Panchamukhi Pranadevaru, Kollahpura Mahalakshmi, Lord Venkateshwara of Tirupati

and Kurmavathara gave darshan to him. Then he left for Mantralaya where he

entered into Samadhi. A temple has been constructed at the spot where he

performed penance known as the Panchamukhi Anjaneyaswamy temple.

The details of Panchamukaa are:

1. East facing ANJANEYA to grant humanity ISHTA SIDDHI.

2. South facing KARALA UGRAVEERA NARASIMHA to grant humanity ABHISTA SIDDHI

3. West facing MAHAVEERA GARUDA to grant humanity SAKALA SOWBHAGYA

4. North facing LAKSMI VARAHA to grant humanity DHANA PRAPTHI, and

5. Urdhva Mukha {atop} being HAYAGRIVA to grant humanity SARVA VIDYA JAYA

PRAPTHI.

The interpretations

1. There are five ways of prayer to the Lord. They are Naman, Smaran,

Keerthanam, Yachanam and Arpanam. The five faces depict these five forms. Lord

Hanuman always used to Naman, Smaran and Keerthanam of Lord Sri Rama. He totally

surrendered (Arpanam) to his Master Sri Rama. He also begged (yachanam) Sri Rama

to bless him the undivided love.

2. In Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna says to Arjuna, " He who acts for me, who is

engrossed in me, who is my devotee, who is free from attachment, he reaches me "

.. We find all these 5 qualities enshrined in Hanuman. Each of his face explains

the five divine qualifications. May be an artist thought over about this before

making the Vigraham.

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Aadiyantha prabhu

 

Half Ganesha and Half Hanuman

At Madya Kailasa temple Adyar Madras.

The idol is an amalgam of Sri vigneshwara and Sri Anjaneya on the lines of

Ardhanareeswara ( Siva and Parvati) and Sri Sankaranarayana (combination of Siva

and narayana).

The word Aadiyantha stands for 'begining to end' (Aadi - begining & Antha -

end). There is a Tamil saying 'Begin with Ganesha and end up with Anjaneya'.

Many people visit the temple to get blessing of the 'Twins' against the

influence of Navagrahas. The importance of the idol is that Sri Vigneswara and

Sri Anjaneya are the only two deities who are totally free from any influence

over them whatsoever by the Navagrahas. It is believed that, the devotees can

and do influence the Navagrahas themselves proportionate to the devoutness with

which the devotees address themselves to Sri Aadiyanta Prabhu!

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Hare Krishna

Hare Rama