108 HANUMAN TEMPLE AT BHUBANESWAR, ODISHA
In Hindu mythology, amongst the worship of gods & goddess, the worship of Lord Hanuman, a loyal devotee of Lord SRIRAM is one of them. It is a very old worship as found in sanatana dharma. It is also believed that one earns lot of ‘punya’ , equivalent to crores of births , having darshan of 108 Hanuman in temple. Although, the Hanuman worship is considered from the Ramayana period in Treta yuga but the mythological epics speaks of Hanuman worship originating from the day Sun & the Moon exist. Based on this, the worship of Hanuman is in continuance in Indian culture.Though the worship of Lord Hanuman is existent all over India but it is believed that the worship of 108 Hanuman in temple initially has begun from Allahabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh . In this context, in Odisha the 1st 108 Hanuman temple exist at Bhubaneswar ( Unit-1). The worship of Hanuman in South India in the form of Kiskindhya Hanuman is described in mythological script.
On Makara Sankranti day, the worship of 108 Lord Hanuman at Bhubaneswar is celebrated in grand manner with pious and festive mood. Lot of people participate the worship in the temple at Unit-1.
Construction of temple : In a collective decision taken by few pious people agreeing to commence the construction of a 108 Hanuman temple at Unit-1, Bhubaneswar , the work got planned . With devoted and sincere efforts , it took shape towards completion towards end of 20th century. The 108 statues (bigrahas) of Lord Hanuman were got prepared by sculptors of Chhatia village. Later, the statues were brought from Chhatia and from 3rd to 5th March 1999 with great interest and splendour, the temple as well as the statues were consecrated performing vedic rituals. In those 108 statues, various carved inscriptions like Dhyana mudra, Ashirbada mudra, Bira mudra, SitaRam darshan mudra, Rudra mudra, Ramsevak mudra, Kirtan mudra, prominently exhibited which are worth mentioning. People have great faith on worship pf Lord Hanuman in this temple . The temple gets crowded on Tuesday and Saturday and festive days by lot of devotees for worship of Lord Hanuman
The experienced saints are of the views that worship of 108 Lord Hanuman in a temple results in earn of virtuous deeds and fulfilment of desire. The coincidence of Sancranti on Tuesday is considered very effective day for the worship with any particular desire.
Ref : Information collected from Odia daily newspaper "Samaj" dt.14th April 2015.
Other few bigrahas as found on the walls of the temple are :
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In Hindu mythology, amongst the worship of gods & goddess, the worship of Lord Hanuman, a loyal devotee of Lord SRIRAM is one of them. It is a very old worship as found in sanatana dharma. It is also believed that one earns lot of ‘punya’ , equivalent to crores of births , having darshan of 108 Hanuman in temple. Although, the Hanuman worship is considered from the Ramayana period in Treta yuga but the mythological epics speaks of Hanuman worship originating from the day Sun & the Moon exist. Based on this, the worship of Hanuman is in continuance in Indian culture.Though the worship of Lord Hanuman is existent all over India but it is believed that the worship of 108 Hanuman in temple initially has begun from Allahabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh . In this context, in Odisha the 1st 108 Hanuman temple exist at Bhubaneswar ( Unit-1). The worship of Hanuman in South India in the form of Kiskindhya Hanuman is described in mythological script.
On Makara Sankranti day, the worship of 108 Lord Hanuman at Bhubaneswar is celebrated in grand manner with pious and festive mood. Lot of people participate the worship in the temple at Unit-1.
Construction of temple : In a collective decision taken by few pious people agreeing to commence the construction of a 108 Hanuman temple at Unit-1, Bhubaneswar , the work got planned . With devoted and sincere efforts , it took shape towards completion towards end of 20th century. The 108 statues (bigrahas) of Lord Hanuman were got prepared by sculptors of Chhatia village. Later, the statues were brought from Chhatia and from 3rd to 5th March 1999 with great interest and splendour, the temple as well as the statues were consecrated performing vedic rituals. In those 108 statues, various carved inscriptions like Dhyana mudra, Ashirbada mudra, Bira mudra, SitaRam darshan mudra, Rudra mudra, Ramsevak mudra, Kirtan mudra, prominently exhibited which are worth mentioning. People have great faith on worship pf Lord Hanuman in this temple . The temple gets crowded on Tuesday and Saturday and festive days by lot of devotees for worship of Lord Hanuman
The experienced saints are of the views that worship of 108 Lord Hanuman in a temple results in earn of virtuous deeds and fulfilment of desire. The coincidence of Sancranti on Tuesday is considered very effective day for the worship with any particular desire.
Ref : Information collected from Odia daily newspaper "Samaj" dt.14th April 2015.
Other few bigrahas as found on the walls of the temple are :
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