Paritala Anjaneya Temple

Getting there

• By air

  Vijayawada Airport at Gannavaram provides air connectivity to major metropolitan cities of the country.

• By train

  Vijayawada Junction, one of the busiest railway stations in the country, serves the city.

• By road

  The temple is on the Hyderabad highway, NH-9, about 30 km from Vijayawada city.

Why devotees come here

Paritala Anjaneya Temple stands in Paritala village, NTR district, Andhra Pradesh. Its main feature is a 135-foot (41 metre) statue of Hanuman, installed in 2003, which was once the second tallest Hanuman statue in the world. The Limca Book of Records has awarded the temple.

The temple's main feature is a statue of Hanuman, worshipped here as Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami. The statue was installed in 2003 and stands 135 feet (41 metres) tall. It was once the second tallest Hanuman statue in the world, a place since taken by a statue at Manav Bharti University in Solan. Some sources call it probably the tallest, so the ranking is disputed.

The temple also has shrines to Ram, Sita and Lakshman, to the Devi, and to Anjaneya. The statue is longer than the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, which is 38 metres tall.

Paritala is a village in NTR district of Andhra Pradesh, South India. It lies in Kanchikacherla mandal of the Vijayawada revenue division, The temple stands about 30 km from Vijayawada city, on the Hyderabad highway.

Tips for your visit

• Besides the statue, the temple has shrines to Ram, Sita and Lakshman, the Devi and Anjaneya.
• The statue is longer than the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio, which is 38 metres tall.

Questions people ask