Pangode Sree Hanuman Swamy Temple
Consequent to the shifting of the garrison from Cantonment to Pangode in 1935, the State Forces felt the need of establishing a place of worship for their troops at the new Cantonment area and a Temple was established at Pangode. There are five main idols – Lord Hanuman Swamy, Lord Siva, Lord Vishnu, Lord Ganapathy and Nagaraja in the temple complex Of these the history of Lord Siva traces back to a period of 175 years.
In one of the annual exercises around 1836 of the Nair Brigade at Aaruvaamozhi (Aramboli, presently in Kanyakumari district) they found an idol of Lord Siva under a peepul tree. The troops used to worship this idol whenever they were on duty there. By 1840 AD, they took this idol to the garrison at Cantonment. In 1940 this idol of Lord Siva was shifted to Pangode by the side of the then idol of Lord Vishnu, which was installed around a decade earlier.
Astrological predictions and local people had opposed in shifting the idol of Lord Hanuman Swamy from the Cantonment to Pangode. Therefore the State Forces kept a picture of Lord Hanumanswamy at Pangode having similar features as that of Cantonment by the side of the Lord Siva idol. Later an idol of Lord Hanuman Swamy worshipped at the Fort Area by the troops of Nair Brigade was brought to Pangode and installed. In the south western side of Pangode military area, there was an ancient idol of Lord Krishna which was in a state of neglect. Since this idol had some damages it was removed and immersed in the sea in 1986 as per the thanthric advice after transferring the powers to the idol of Lord Vishnu. In 1988 the idol of Lord Ganapathy and Nagaas were also installed besides changing the peetham of Lord Siva.
Location
Pangode
Main Deity
Lord Hanuman
Other Deities
Lord Siva, Lord Vishnu, Lord Ganapathy and Nagaraja
Festivals
Punahprathishta Anniversary Festival, Sahsrakalasam and Leksharchana, Hanuman Jayanthi Festival
Main Offerings
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