Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple,Shamanur
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"Sri Anjaneya swamy temple" is the main attraction of the Shamanur
Shamanur
Shamanur is a Sub-urban Village adjacent to Davangere city and a ward of Municipal corporation of Davangere city in Davanagere district in the state of Karnataka, India. National Highway 4 separates Shamanur from Davangere city. Shamanur is famous for Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple....

 village near Davangere. Lord Hanuman is the presiding deity of the temple.

Description

The temple was renovated in the year 2000. A new Dravidian
Dravidian architecture
Dravidian architecture was a style of architecture that emerged thousands of years ago in Southern part of the Indian subcontinent or South India. They consist primarily of pyramid shaped temples called Koils which are dependent on intricate carved stone in order to create a step design consisting...

 style temple was erected in place of the old temple with the overwhelming co-operation of villagers and Davangere people.
The temple was inaugurated by Dr. Shivmurthy Shivacharya swamiji of Taralabalu Jagadguru Brihanmath, Sirigere on March 11, 2000.
The temple houses Lord Hanuman
Hanuman
Hanuman , is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana and one of the dearest devotees of lord Rama. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine and a disciple of Lord Rama in the...

 which is the village deity of Shamanur
Shamanur
Shamanur is a Sub-urban Village adjacent to Davangere city and a ward of Municipal corporation of Davangere city in Davanagere district in the state of Karnataka, India. National Highway 4 separates Shamanur from Davangere city. Shamanur is famous for Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple....

. The temple also serves Davangere people for worship and is crowded especially on Saturdays.

Festival

Every year a car festival (Rathothsav) is held for 3 days starting from the tenth day after Mahashivratri.
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