Sri Viswaroopa Panchamukha Anjaneyaswami Temple, Tiruvallur

Address

Old NGGO Colony,

Tiruvallur,

Tamil Nadu 602003

Moolavar

Panchamukha Anjaneyaswami

Introduction

Viswaroopa Panchamuga Anjaneya Swamy Temple is dedicated to Lord Hanuman located at Thiruvallur Town in Thiruvallur District of Tamilnadu. This is a temple of beautiful 40 feet Panchamuga Anjaneyar. This temple is very small and it has only one idol, 40 feet monolithic idol of Hanuman.

Puranic Significance

Viswaroopa Panchamukha Anjaneya Swamy Temple was built and being administered by an Ashram. This temple was built in 1990s.

Origin of Panchamukha Hanuman: The origin of Panchamukha Hanuman can be traced to a story in the Ramayana. During the war between Lord Ram and Ravana, Ravana took the help of Mahiravana who was the king of pathala. Lord Hanuman in order to protect Lord Ram and Lakshman formed a fortress with his tail. But Mahiravana took the form of Vibheeshana and took Lord Ram and Lakshman to pathala loka. Hanuman entered pathala loka in search of Rama and Lakshmana. He found out that to kill Mahiravana he had to extinguish 5 lamps at the same time. So, he took the Panchamukha form with Hanuman, Hayagriva, Narasimha, Garuda and Varaha faces and extinguished the lamps. Mahiravana was killed immediately.

Rudhra Vanam: The place of Pradhishtai was known as Rudhra Vanam in legendary times where great sages like Agasthya have done penance. The Ashram site at Periyakuppam has been chosen after Divine approval. A study of ancient scrolls showed that the site is legendary, as Anjaneya while carrying the Sanjeevi Mountain, stopped here to witness the Siva Puja being performed by Sage Agasthya.

Special Features

This temple is very small and it has only one idol – the 40 feet monolithic idol of Hanuman. There are a lot of temples where you can find big idols of Lord Hanuman. However, the uniqueness of the temple is that the idol of the temple has five faces. A lot of Gods and Goddesses have more than one face. The uniqueness of Lord Hanuman is that each face represents different deity. The five faces of Hanuman represent Hanuman, Hayagriva, Narasimha, Garuda and Varaha.

Significance of the Five Faces

The face towards the East is “Sri Anjaneyaswami Mukha” which removes all blemishes of sin and confers purity of mind
The South facing mukha of “Sri Marasimhaswami” removes fear of enemies and confers victory
The West facing mukha of “Sri Mahaviragarudaswami” drives away evil spells, black magic influences and removes all poisonous effects in one’s body
The North facing mukha of “Sri Lakshmi Varahamurthyswami” wards off the troubles caused by bad influences of the planets and confers all prosperity Ashta Aishwarya
The face looking upwards of “Sri Hayagreevaswami” confers knowledge, victory, progeny and mukthi