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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Ananthalwar (அனந்தாழ்வார்)<br />
| image = Sri Ananthalwar's Crowbar.jpg<br />
| image_size = 271x311px<br />
| alt = Ananthalwar's Crowbar, hanging on the walls of the [[Sri Venkateswara Swami Vaari Temple|Venkateswara Temple]] in [[Tirumala]].<br />
| caption = Ananthalwar's Crowbar, hanging on the walls of the [[Sri Venkateswara Swami Vaari Temple|Venkateswara Temple]] in [[Tirumala]].<br />
| birth_name = Ananthalwar<br />
| birth_date = Unknown (11th century)<br />
| birth_place = [[Kirangoor]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = Unknown (Late 11th century)<br />
| death_place = [[Tirumala]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| resting_place = Unmarked samadhi in [[Tirumala]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| spouse = Unknown<br />
| known_for = Being a devotee of [[Venkateswara]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Ananthalwar''' was a disciple of Saint [[Ramanuja]] and an 11th-century [[Vaishnava]] figure of [[India]]. His birthplace is recorded to be a place called Kirangoor, Ananthalwar kovil located in small village close to [[Srirangapatna]] of [[Karnataka]].<ref name=Venkateswara>{{cite book|title=Sri Venkateshwara|author=Shantha Nair|publisher=Jaico Publishing House, 7 January 2014 - Religion - 280 pages}}</ref><br />
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== Legend of Venkateswara ==<br />
The story goes that the famous Vaishnava saint [[Ramanuja]] once asked Ananthalwar to raise a flower garden for Lord Venkateswara in [[Tirumala]], the abode of [[Venkateswara]]. Ananthalwar abided by the request and went upon raising a garden. He took the help of his pregnant wife who found it difficult to do the manual labor from time to time. Lord Venkateswara, having seen the trouble of Ananthalwar assumed the form of a young boy and helped her out. On one occasion when this came to the notice of Ananthalwar, the latter was furious and he hit the boy with a crowbar on the chin. The boy then disappeared but when Ananthalwar visited the [[Sri Venkateswara Swami Vaari Temple|Venkateswara Temple]] in Tirumala, he found that the Lord was bleeding from the chin. He at once realised that it was the Lord who had helped his wife in the form of the boy and regretted his act. He applied camphor (karpuram) for the wound. Lord Venkateswara was impressed with Ananthalwar's devotion and not only forgave him but also told him that he would display the camphor applied to his chin forever as a mark of Ananthalwar's devotion. Thus, camphor is applied to the main idol's chin to this day during the rituals. Even today you can see Ananthalwar's Crowbar (with which he hit the Lord in the form of the boy) when you enter the temple, hanging on the temple's right wall.<ref name=Venkateswara/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tirumalesa.com/why-is-green-camphor-applied-to-lord-venkateswaras-chin-in-tirumala-temple-everyday|title=why-is-green-camphor-applied-to-lord-venkateswaras-chin-in-tirumala-temple-everyday|website=www.tirumalesa.com|accessdate=2018-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tirumalatirupatiyatra.in/tirumala/about-tirumala/inside-temple/anantalwar-crow-bar|title=Ananthalwar Crowbar|website=tirumalatirupatiyatra.in|accessdate=2018-10-31}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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https://guruparamparai.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/ananthazhwan/<br />
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