Gali anjaneya temple

Gali Anjaneya (Hanuman) Temple is one of the oldest and sacred temples of Bangalore located in Mysore Road Byatarayanapura, the suburb of Bangalore. It was built by Saint Sri Vyasaraya of Channapattana, a great
philosopher and devotee to Lord Anjaneya  who has bilt over 732 temples of the Lord Anjaneya (Hanuman).

ccording to history records Saint Sri Vyasaraya of Channapattana,  established this

temple in the year 1425 at the place of meeting of two rivers - Vrishabhavathi and Paschimavahini (at present only industrial waste is flowing making Vrishabhavathi seem more similar to drain rather than river)

The name Gali anjaneya comes from Gali means Vayu in Kannada language, once the idol was in open. Lord anjaneya is son Vayu, the wind god, therefore Gali anjaneys.


Today this open temple had developed to be a big temple in the extremely congested area Byatarayanapura in Bangalore - Mysore Road. You can see the tall Rajagopura (entrance tower) at the entrance of the Gali Anjaneya temple and have darshan of Lord Ganesha and Venugopala Swamy.


Once you pass the entrance you can see and offer prayers to Sri Rama Parivara and Sri Satya Narayana. The main attraction, Sri Gali Anjaneya Swami is seen facing the Sri Rama Parivara. The Idol The west facing Gali Anjaneya is smeared with Sinduram (a saffron colored paste) which is considered auspicious by Hindus. The lord here is shantha swaroopi (Calm). The left hand of Gali Anjaneya is resting on the hip and holding the flower. The right hand is in abhya mudra posture offering the quality of nirbhayathvam to all his devotees. Another attraction of this Anjaneya is that he has a mustache and a yathurmuki that is he is facing the devotees directly with both the eyes. The tail has lots of bents and rolled at the end, denoting that Gali Anjaneya here is Shantha Swaroopi. There is a small bell tied to the tail which is the indicates of Saint Vyasaraya linked Anjaneya idols.


The uniqueness of Gali Anjaneya Temple is the Car festival is being held for the last hundred and twenty years. People visit Gali Anjaneya temple to get the blessings of Gali Anjaneya and to get rid of troubles in their life. Politicians come here to worship Lord Anjaneya before starting the election campaigns.
Devotees throng here with great faith to get 'Purna Kripa Drishti' from the Lord.



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