Hanuman temple, Salangpur

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{{Short description|Famous Hanumanji temple in Gujarat}}
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| image = Kashtbhanjan.jpg
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| caption = Shri Hanumanji Mandir, Sarangpur
| map_type = India Gujarat
| map_caption = Location in Gujarat
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| country = [[India]]
| state = [[Gujarat]]
| district = [[Botad district]]
| location = [[Sarangpur, Gujarat|Sarangpur]]
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| deity = [[Hanumanji]] in the form of ''Kastbhanjan''
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| creator = [[Gopalanand Swami]]
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'''Hanumanji temple, Salangpur''' is a [[Hindu temple]] located in [[Salangpur, Gujarat|Salangpur]], [[Gujarat]] and comes under the [[Vadtal Gadi]] of the [[Swaminarayan Sampraday]]. It is the only Swaminarayan Temple which does not have the [[Murti]]s of either [[Swaminarayan]] or [[Krishna]] as the Primary deity of worship.<ref name="isbn052165422X">{{cite book | author=Raymond Brady Williams | title=An introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism | publisher=Cambridge University Press | year=2001 | url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontosw0000will | url-access=registration | quote=hanuman sarangpur. |access-date=May 14, 2009|pages = [https://archive.org/details/introductiontosw0000will/page/128 128], 96| isbn=9780521652797 }}</ref> It is dedicated to [[Hanumanji]] in the form of ''Kastbhanjan'' (Crusher of sorrows).<ref name="isbn0195309219">{{cite book | author=Philip Lutgendorf | title=Hanuman's tale | publisher=Oxford University Press US | year=2007 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fVFC2Nx-LP8C&dq=hanumanji+sarangpur&pg=PA248 |access-date=May 14, 2009|page = 248| isbn=978-0-19-804220-4 }}</ref> Hariprakash Dasji A.k.a. This Hanumanji temple is considered most holy and sacred. Hariprakash Swami is trustee at Present.

==History and description==
[[File:Sarangpur Hanumanji Mandir.jpg|thumb|The temple complex before renovation|left]]
This temple is among the more prominent ones in the original Swaminarayan Sampraday. The idol of Hanuman was installed by [[Gopalanand Swami]]. According to author Raymond Williams, it is reported that when Sadguru Gopal Anand Swami installed the idol of Hanuman, he touched it with a rod and the idol came alive and moved. This story has become a charter for the healing ritual performed at this temple.<ref name= isbn052165422X/> The idol of Hanuman here is a stout figure with a handlebar moustache, crushing a female demon under his foot and baring his teeth, standing among sculpted foliage full of fruit bearing monkey attendants.<ref name= isbn0195309219/> In 1899, Kothari Gordhandas of Vadtal appointed [[Shastriji Maharaj|Shastri Yagnapurushdas]] to manage the affairs of the mandir; during his tenure, Shastri Yagnapurushdas renovated the site, built the adjacent bungalow, and acquired more land for the complex to bring it to its current state.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dave|first=Kishore|title=Shastriji Maharaj|year=2009|publisher=Swaminarayan Aksharpith|location=Ahmedabad|isbn=978-81-7526-129-7|page=44}}</ref> Yagnapurushdas then broke away in 1907 and created [[Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha|BAPS]]. Govardhandas then appointed a new mahant of the temple of Sarangpur. Since, then the [[Vadtal Gadi]] has constructed additional improvements and buildings to the temple.

==Following==

The image of this temple is said to be so powerful that a mere look at it will drive the evil spirits out of the people affected by them.<ref name="isbn0391024809">{{cite book | author=Rajaram Narayan Saletore | title=Indian witchcraft | publisher=Abhinav Publications | year=1981 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ETz3_bv8t0cC&dq=hanumanji+sarangpur&pg=PA40 |access-date=May 14, 2009|page = 40| isbn=9780391024809 }}</ref> Saturday is the designated day for a special ritual (as Saturday is dedicated to Hanumanji) for those affected by mental illnesses and other disorders. They are brought to the temple to be touched by the rod used by Sadguru Gopalanand Swami during the installation ceremony of the image. This rod has now been covered in silver. The temple administration has hired a [[brahmin]] householder to act as a priest at the temple and conduct this ritual. After this, the person affected is instructed to [[parikrama|circumambulate]] the shrine and repeat this after doing darshan a number of times. Some people take a special vow to do this a certain number of times or to chant the [[Swaminarayan Mahamantra]] while doing this.<ref name= isbn052165422X/>

==References==

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==External links==
* [http://gujarativideos.in/Gujarati-Devotional-Song-Folk-Bhajan/Gujarati-Devotional-Sarangpur-Hanumanji-Aarti/ Sarangpur Hanumanji Maha Aarti]
* [http://www.salangpurhanumanji.com/ Official website Kastbhanjan Hanumanji temple]

{{Swaminarayan Sampraday}}

{{Hindu temples in Gujarat}}

[[Category:Swaminarayan temples in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Hanuman temples]]
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