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Sri Panchamuga Vishwaroopa Anjaneyar Temple

Karaikkudi, Tamil Nadu, India

Pending reviewOral tradition / legend
Deities
Panchamukha Hanuman (five-faced)
Traditions
other
Worship status
active
Coordinates
10.0733, 78.7867
Darshan hours
Varies by temple and season; consult the temple's own trust/management for the current daily schedule before visiting.
Best time to visit
Hanuman Jayanti draws the largest crowds; otherwise October to March.
How to reach
In Karaikkudi, Sivaganga district, reachable by road/rail from Madurai (~85 km) or Trichy.
Festivals
Hanuman Jayanti (March/April)

Location

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Enshrines Hanuman in his Panchamukha (five-faced) form, an iconographic tradition representing a fierce composite aspect of the deity: an eastward Anjaneya (Hanuman) face said to grant purity of mind, a southward Narasimha (man-lion) face, a westward Garuda (eagle) face, a northward Varaha (boar) face, and an upward Hayagriva (horse) face. This composite form is recited in the Panchamukha Hanuman Kavacham, a protective hymn used in Hanuman worship across South India.

Sources

  • scripture: Panchamukha Hanuman Kavacham โ€” Describes the five-faced form and its protective significance
  • historical record: The general Panchamukha Hanuman iconographic tradition (the five faces and their meanings) was cross-checked against Wikipedia's Panchamukha Hanuman article and confirmed; this specific Karaikkudi temple's own founding history and local traditions were not covered by that source and were not independently confirmed elsewhere this pass.
  • historical record: Re-checked 2026-09-23: a Wikipedia search for this temple returned only a same-named 'Panchamuga Anjaneyar Temple' in Gowrivakkam, Chennai (a different temple, per the 'List of Hindu temples in Tamil Nadu' article) rather than this Karaikkudi shrine; no dedicated source describing the Karaikkudi temple's own founding history, architecture, or festivals was located this pass either.

For review

  • Only the general Panchamukha Hanuman iconographic tradition was independently confirmed; this specific temple's own founding date, history, and local legends were not found in a dedicated source and remain unverified.