MUMBAI, INDIA, May 2, 2012 (ibnlive): Amidst the reverberating sounds of the nadaswaram and thavil and the melodious Vedic chanting by priests, the first Maha Kumbhabhishekam of the 33 feet tall Hanuman statue at Nerul was performed today.
The ceremony, at the SIES temple complex in adjoining Navi Mumbai, took place under the guidance of Sankaracharya of Kanchi Sri Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal.
About 50 Vedic scholars from all over the country are participating in the vedic rituals, he said. The statue, believed to be the tallest Hanuman statue in the country, was made out of single granite stone specially selected from a place near Chennai. It was consecrated by the Kanchi Seer on February 9, 2000, he said.