Hanuman Junction
| Abhaya Anjaneya Swamy అభయ ఆంజనేయ స్వామి | |
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 Lord Hanuman Statue is the tallest in Hanuman Junction Location. | |
| Location | [[Nuzvid Railway Flyover][Hanuman Junction, India]], Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Type | Statue |
| Material | Concrete |
| Height | 45 feet (14 m) |
| Opening date | Feb 23, 2015 |
Hanuman is a town which lies in border between Krishna and West Godavari districts in Andhra Pradesh state in India. Hanuman Junction gets its name because of the four road junction near the Hanuman Temple.
Roads
National Highway 5 (NH5) List of National Highways in India intersects the major district road from Machilipatnam to Nuziveedu (continues into other districts) along the side of the temple of Lord Hanuman.Hanuman temple is exactly located at the intersection of the two roads and hence forth town is named as Hanuman Junction. The idol (Vigraham) of Sri Anjaneya does not quite quote the often seen muscular, heavy built idols resembling of Anjaneya. Here Hanuman is placid and more akin to that of a human form rather than having ape's facial features. The roads are called Gudivada road (road towards Gudivada, Machilipatnam), Vijayawada road (road towards Vijayawada, Nellore and Chennai. NH 5, Eluru road (road towards Eluru, Rajahmundry, Visakhapatnam and Kolkota. (NH5)), Nuziveedu road (road towards Nuziveedu, Tiruvuru, Khammam, Kottagudem).
The feet of the idol separate Krishna and West Godavari Districts. Locals believe the Lord Hanuman (god of courage and destroyer of evil spirits) to be protector of the town and is worshiped irrespective of religion here and celebrate Hanuman Jayanthi as very sacred day.
History
This town has its beginnings in early 1950s when people started to migrate mainly from villages near Gudivada, Nuziveedu and other villages looking for work.As this was located on the Chennai-Culcutta highway first businesses to start in this place were mainly hotels Indra Bhavan hotel(out of business, not to be mistaken with Indra Bhavan hotel which is located on Vijayawada road now), sweet shops Rama sweets(out of business, not to be mistaken with sweet shop with same name located near the four road junction) and lorry/automobile repair shops to cater for the travelers and lorry drivers on the NH5.
A cooperative sugar factory Hanuman co-operative sugars (later sold to a private company and currently trading as Delta sugars) [1] was started in late 60's in Veeravalli about 5 km from today's Hanuman Junction.
The agriculture industry around Hanuman Junction has turned from paddy to sugar cane as the latter was more lucrative. This saw more people moving to Hanuman Junction from places as far as Vijayanagaram district seeking livelihood as manual labour for sugar cane farming.
As this influx grew the village started to grow in all four road directions although more developments can be seen on the NH5 road stretch today. This town grew as more people migrated and more businesses were set up like poultry farms, tobacco grading, cattle market, cinema theatres, rice mills and transport companies in the early 70's. The cattle market in Hanuman Junction is considered to be among the largest in state of Andhra Pradesh until the mid 90's. Even today it does decent business and is open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays although tractors and heavy machinery replaced ox and buffaloes for farming needs.
The Vijaya co-operative dairy setup in the 80's is one of the few co-operative dairies which makes profit in Andhra Pradesh.
The transport industry has seen a huge rise between early 90's and most of the businesses in Hanuman Junction today are related to it. The demolition of buildings due to widening of NH5 in the late 90's and early 2000 has resulted in relocation of many businesses and in fact contributed to the growth of the town as these were set up towards the end of town limits.
Hanuman Temples
Sri Abhaya Anjaneeya Swamy Temple
Hanuman temple is exactly located at the intersection of the two roads and hence forth town is named as Hanuman Junction. Jamindar Sri Meka Venkatadri Apparao once visited a place called Appanavedu . He Felt very hungry on reaching the place and couldn’t find any food except for bushes and deserted lands. As time passed by, Intensity of hunger increased and a monkey appeared from nowhere and gave a banana to Jamindar and disappeared. Jamindar felt much stronger having the Banana and realized that his holiness Sri Anjaneya swamy himself appeared to take away his hunger and decided to consecrate idol of the Deity Anjaneya Swamy. Jamindar got the Idol of savior of human kind, his almighty Sri Abaya Anjaneya swamy at the four road junction in the year 1938. Idol of Sri Abaya Anjaneya Swamy is a unique one with a Human face. Website: www.abhayaanjaneya.com
Sri Sita Rama Dasanjaneeya Swamy Temple
In 1950's Sri Late Palnati Satyanaraya Garu Established this Temple. It is located in the village of Epuru Near Railway Flyover, approximately 1.5 km from Hanuman Junction. Every year celebrating Hanuman Jayanthi 5 Days as grand event. In the last day conducting Annasantarpana for more than 3000 people. In 12th Sep'2010 launched website www.epuruhanuman.org Mr. Sagar Palnati for sharing the temple information & Events to the people for Inside & Outside of India.
45Ft Sri Abhaya Anjaneeya Swamy
Epuru Dasanjaneeya Swamy Temple is a statue in depicting Abhaya Anjaneeya Swamy. It is the tallest statue of Hanuman in Hanuman Junction.[1] It is located in the village of Epuru Near Railway Flyover, approximately 1.5 km from Hanuman Junction, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The statue, installed in 23rd Feb 2015, stands 45 feet tall.
This Tallest Statue of Hanuman in Hanuman Junction. This tallest standing Hanuman statue attracts many devotes.
The first tallest Hanuman statue at Paritala Temple in Andhra Pradesh, India - 136 ft
The second tallest Hanuman statue at Jakhoo Temple in Shimla, India - 108 ft
The third tallest Hanuman statue at Nandura in Maharashtra, India - 105 ft
The fourth [2] tallest Hanuman statue at Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh, India - 104 ft
Today
This town's development is impeded as it is divided among districts, constituencies,mandals and panchayats. Many government records do not have the town in their records but recognize it by the Mandal or Panchayat(Bapulapadu mandalam, Pedapadu mandalam, Epuru panchayat, Bapulapadu panchayat, Tallamudi panchayat, Appanaveedu panchayat etc.) name. The railway station itself is named as Nuziveedu as this was constructed before the town came into existence.
There are numerous rice mills, poultry farms, market yards, hospitals, movie theaters, schools and vehicle showrooms in the town but a large part of businesses are related to logistics. Higher educational institutions, wholesale markets, super specialty hospitals located in Eluru, Vijayawada, Gudivada are within easy access to the town's population.Today this town is surrounded by several palm oil plantations, the produce of which is being processed at Sical plant located at Ampapuram. Following the redivision of the constituencies in 2009-10, Hanuman Junction is now part of Gannavaram constituency in Krishna district for state legislative assembly. Vallabhaneni Vamsi is the elected MLA for the Gannavaram constituency. The other half which is in West Godavari district lies under Denduluru constituency. Movva Subbaiah and family are key notable figures in the city.