Rare Temples of Lord Hanuman #4
Om! Gam! Ganapathaye! Namaha! Om! Sri Raghavendraya Namaha! Om! Namo! Bhagavathe! Vaasudevaya! Om! Ham! Hanumathe! Sri Rama Doothaya Namaha! ARDHAGIRI SRI VEERAANJANEYA SWAMY ( Lord Hanuman carrying Sanjeevani Parvatha ) The legend behind the origin of this Kshethra dates back to the Epic days of Ramayana in Thretha Yuga during the war between Lord Sri Rama and Ravanasura. During the course of the Epic war Lakshmana, brother of Lord Sri Rama fell unconscious along with others while fighting with Indrajit, son of Ravanasura. In order to revive him back some rare and celestial herbs were required to be brought from the Himalayan range. Lord Hanuman goes to Himalayas in fetch of the herbs and reaches the mountain where the rare herbs exist, but could not locate them as they were invisible. Hence, not to waste the time Lord Hanuman uproots the mountain itself that was clothed with the celestial herbs and carries it along with him to the battle field. After the herbs were applied Laks...