Anjaneya Temple, Nanganallur

The Anjaneya Temple at Nanganallur in Chennai is dedicated to Hanuman, whose principal image stands 32 feet tall and was carved from a single piece of granite; it is said to be the second tallest Hanuman after the one at Panchavatee near Puducherry. Sri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati of the Kanchi Mutt installed the image in 1989, and the consecration followed in 1995.

The image faces west inside a 90-foot temple tower, with paths around the sanctum and a large mandapa for worshippers. In the north-west corner is a shrine to Kodanda Rama with Sita, Lakshmana and Hanuman, and in the south-west, unusually for a Hanuman temple, one to Krishna with Rukmini and Satyabhama, recalling Hanuman's role in both epics. Vinayaka, Naga and Saint Raghavendra also have places here. After complaints about the private trust that ran it, the state HR&CE department took over the temple in July 2013.