Place · hilltop Hanumān shrine · India
Jākhū Hanumān Temple, Shimla
Also known as Jakhoo Temple
The Jākhū Hanumān Temple on the 2,455-m Jākhū hill — the highest point in Shimla — identified by local tradition as the spot where Hanumān rested on his journey to the Dronagiri mountain to fetch the Sanjīvanī herb for the wounded Lakṣmaṇa. The 108-ft statue of Hanumān on the summit (2010) is visible from across the city. Open daily; the hilltop monkeys descend to the Ridge in the mornings.
- Periods
- Classical and Puranic Age, Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 31.108, 77.183
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- Site withinShimla
The Jākhū Hanumān Temple on the 2,455-m Jākhū hill is the highest point in Shimla and traditionally identified as the spot where Hanumān rested on his flight to Dronagiri to fetch the Sanjīvanī herb for Lakṣmaṇa. The 108-ft statue of Hanumān erected on the summit in 2010 is visible from the Ridge, the Mall and the Viceregal Lodge estate below.
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