New Delhi: The legal dispute over the birthplace of Lord Ram ended in November 2019, but now the dispute has started regarding the birthplace of Hanuman, a devotee of Ram. However, this dispute is not between two religions but between the religious institutions of two states. Actually, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have claimed the birth of Hanuman Ji at different places.
Andhra Pradesh-based Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams has planned a ceremony on Wednesday at the Anjanadri temple, where the ceremonial consecration took place on Rama Navami in April last year as the birthplace of Hanuman. But Shri Hanuman Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra in Karnataka does not agree with this.
This Karnataka-based trust has claimed that it has been written in Valmiki Ramayana specifically mentioning that Hanuman Ji was born in Anjanahalli in Kishkindha. It is believed that this place is situated on the banks of the Tungabhadra river near Hampi. At the same time, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam Committee had said that ancient texts like Puranas and inscriptions clearly mention Anjanadri, now called Tirumala, which is said to be the birthplace of Hanuman Ji.
In April, TTD published a booklet outlining Anjanadri’s claim. This booklet was based on a report submitted by an 8-member panel constituted in December 2020. But the Karnataka-based Teerth Kshetra Trust had opposed this claim of TTD in a letter of 6 pages.
Actually, TTD has made this claim on the basis of mythological, literary, archaeological, and geographical evidence accepted by many Vedic and religious scholars. Apart from this, it also said that the Tirth Kshetra Trust does not have any evidence in this regard. Jawahar Reddy, CEO of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, told NDTV that, there is concrete evidence in this regard in the Ramcharitra Manas composed by Goswami Tulsidasji Maharaj.
There was a debate in May last year to resolve this dispute regarding the birthplace of Ram devotee Hanuman, but both the states could not reach any conclusion.
