Shree Hanuman Temple

About temple

Sri Hanuman Temple here also comes under the same management known for Lord Hanuman and his siyalabhisheka. Siyaalas in thousands every day are offered here to god by the bhajaks. This figure crosses many laks per year is a religious record. This historic temple has the glorious history of more than 9 centuries. The beautiful idol of Lord Hanuman is a gift of Vijaya nagra rulers.

Long back, due to a dispute local Chowta rulers were called by the Vijayanagara rulers and the issue was cleared smoothly. On this jouful occasion idol of Hanuman was given to the royal deligates of chowta rulers. Then further this idol got worshipped in a temple and the same temple got renovated by the help of M. Dayananda Ananthraya Prabhu Family. The Present beautiful Temple was inaugurated in the year 1991.

As the title suggests, Hanuman (Hanumantu) temple here is very well known for fulfilling the wishes of his devotees. In fact, it is popular locally as the Karnik (wish-fulfilling) Hanumanta temple. Often devotees from all castes and religions come here with their wishes offering tender coconuts in return for fulfillment of their wishes. The fact that the temple receives on an average 5000 tender coconuts (elleniru) every day is a testament to people’s faith. 

There have been many interesting stories on the miracles experienced by those who have faith in our Karnik Hanumantu. Some of the more known ones are here:

1. In 2013, ancient and precious idols core to the Jain religion were stolen from the Siddhanth Mandir in Moodbidri. Apparently, the head of that temple committee on the advice of a friend committed to offering 1008 tender coconuts to Lord Hanuman and prayed for the return of the idols. All the stolen material was found soon after.  

2. A few decades back, when the temple was less popular and there were limited visitors, one day, the archak (priest) realised that he had no tender coconut to offer during the pooja. He went to a local farm and asked a labourer to give him a tender coconut from the coconut tree. The labourer said he cannot give one without the permission of the master. The priest returned disappointed. In some time, the owner of the land arrived at the temple with tender coconut. It seems after the priest had left the farm, the coconut tree caught fire and when the landlord came rushing, the labourer told him what had happened. As soon as the fresh coconut was offered to the Lord, the fire cooled off. 

3. One day two devotees, both neighbours arrived with conflicting prayers. One, a farmer was hoping that it would rain the next day and the other who had his daughter’s marriage the next day wished that the rain should not dampen the celebrations. Hanuman did not disappoint both. Miraculously, it rained on the fields but there was no rain on the neighboring wedding venue.