TTD declares ‘Anjanadri’ in Tirumala is Hanuman’s birthplace
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, which governs the traditional shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala in Tirupati, on Wednesday introduced that Lord Hanuman’s birthplace was Anjanadri, a hillock at Japali Theertham situated about 5 km from north of the hill temple. The announcement, on ‘Ram Navami’ day, was made by a TTD constituted committee of students from totally different fields led by Prof Muralidhara Sharma, Vice-Chancellor of National
Sanskrit University in Tirupati, in the presence of Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit.
TTD Executive Officer Ok S Jawahar Reddy and Additional Executive Officer AV Dharma Reddy had been additionally current.
The committee mentioned Anjandri is the birthplace of Lord Hanuman, popularly referred to as Sri Anjaneya Swamy in South India, in keeping with a TTD official.
A booklet with ‘epigraphical, scientific andmythological proof’, projecting Anjanadri, one of many seven hills at Tirumala, because the birthplace of Lord Hanuman was launched by Muralidhara Sharma on the event.
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Muralidhara Sharma mentioned the panel has gathered some “significant smithereens of evidence” based mostly on the references in historical literature, inscriptions, historic and astronomical calculations as properly.
The TTD booklet, with 20 pages titled in Telugu as ‘Sri Anjaneyaswamy Vari Janmasthalam Tirumalaloni Anjanadri’ (Tirumala’s Anjanadri is Sri Hanumans birthplace), was unveiled on the event.
It was distributed amongst media individuals and different TTD officers, a TTD official instructed PTI.
The booklet would even be uploaded on the TTD web site for the advantage of the general public, the official added.
Purohit, who got here right here to supply worship to Lord Venkateswara on the event of Rama Navami, hailed the committee’s efforts and expressed satisfaction over its report projecting Anjanadri because the birthplace of Sri Hanuman, the official mentioned.
In December final, TTD government officer KS Jawahar Reddy had constituted a high-level committee of students from varied fields to check and collect proof to ascertain that Anjanadri is the place the place Lord Hanuman was born.
TTD’s declare on the subject of Hanuman’s birthplace has created a stir in spiritual, archaeological, and political circles in Karnataka as a result of Hampi close to Ballari is thought of ‘Kishkindha Kshetra’ or monkey kingdom for ages.
While some archaeology and historical past students have dismissed the TTD’s declare, the Karnataka unit of Vishwa Hindu Parishad has mentioned the TTD ought to take some extra time and maintain discussions with students and non secular heads earlier than arriving at any conclusion.
According to some reviews, Hanuman was born in a cave in Anjan village in Gumla district of Jharkhand whereas another reviews from Maharashtra declare his birthplace is at Anjaneri hills close to Nashik.
The temple of Lord Venkateswara is situated on Venkatadri hill, the seventh and Narayanadri, Seshadri and Garudadri are among the many different hills of Tirumala.
Hanuman is additionally hailed as ‘Vayuputra’ and as son of Anjana Devi who did ‘tapas’ in the one of many seven hills of Tirumala and it was named after her as ‘Anjanadri.’
Besides Muralidhara Sharma, the committee of students contains Prof Sannidhanam Sudarshana Sharma, Vice-Chancellor of Sri Venkateswara Vedic University right here, Prof Muralidhara Sharma, Vice-Chancellor of National Sanskrit varsity, professors Ranisadasiva Murthy, Sri Janumaddi Ramakrishna and Sankaranarayana of the National Sanskrit University.
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