Place · reclining Hanuman temple on the Sangam · India
Bade Hanuman Ji / Lete Hanuman Mandir, Prayagraj
Also known as Bade Hanumanji Mandir, Letay Hanuman, Sankat Mochan Prayagraj
Bade Hanuman Ji — locally called Lete Hanuman Mandir (literally the 'sleeping Hanuman temple') — at Prayagraj on the north bank of the Yamuna beside the Sangam, enshrines a reclining stone murti of Hanuman about 6 metres long, carved from a single piece of black stone. Tradition identifies the temple as one of only three in India where the Hanuman image lies horizontally rather than standing or kneeling (the other two most commonly cited are Jam Sawli in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh, and Panchavati at Nashik). Each monsoon the Ganga and Yamuna rise and submerge the sanctum; the Hanuman is said to invite the river rather than resist the flood. The temple is central to the Prayagraj Kumbh pilgrimage circuit and sits inside the walled perimeter the ASI maintains with Akbar's Allahabad Fort.
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 25.428, 81.878
Connections (2)
- Shared site withJam Sawli Hanuman Mandir, Chhindwara
Bade Hanuman Ji at Prayagraj and Jam Sawli at Chhindwara are two of only three temples in India where the Hanuman murti is enshrined in a reclining pose rather than standing or kneeling. The third is the Lete Hanuman Mandir at Panchavati, Nashik. All three are pilgrim circuit sites on their respective Krishna-Ganga and Godavari pilgrim circuits.
- Shared site withLete Hanuman Mandir, Panchavati, Nashik
Bade Hanuman Ji at Prayagraj and the Panchavati Lete Hanuman at Nashik are two of only three reclining-Hanuman temples in India; the third is Jam Sawli in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh.
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