Place · reclining Hanuman temple on the Godavari · India
Lete Hanuman Mandir, Panchavati, Nashik
Also known as Panchavati Hanuman
Lete Hanuman Mandir in Panchavati, Nashik, stands on the north bank of the Godavari within the group of shrines that mark the Ramayana’s Panchavati episode — the fourteen-year forest exile where Rama, Sita and Lakshmana lived before Surpanakha’s arrival. The sanctum enshrines a reclining Hanuman murti of about 3 metres carved from basalt, with the deity lying on the right side facing the river. Tradition names this as the third of the only three Hanuman temples in India where the image rests horizontally rather than standing; the other two cited are Bade Hanuman Ji at Prayagraj and Jam Sawli in Chhindwara.
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 20.003, 73.796
Connections (2)
- Shared site withJam Sawli Hanuman Mandir, Chhindwara
Jam Sawli Hanuman at Chhindwara and the Panchavati Lete Hanuman at Nashik are two of only three reclining-Hanuman temples in India; the third is Bade Hanuman Ji at Prayagraj on the Sangam.
- Shared site withBade Hanuman Ji / Lete Hanuman Mandir, Prayagraj
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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