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Same place.. Same pose.. Same people.. After more than 5 years, we left for Krishnapuram on 2020 Valentine's day late evening by podigai express. Krishnapuram is a small village near Kadayanallur, Thenkasi. We had been there long time ago, much before  Abhaya- my sister, Mani athimber, Meena and Bhattacharya jee built their retirement bungalows in this beautiful scenic village. They now live here in great peace, with western ghats behind them, an overflowing branch of ganges river just a few yards away and  greenery allover. (Read the sthalapuranam of jaya veera anjaneya temple to know the story of ganges that runs here) We visited the temple of Jaya Veera Abhaya Hastha Anjaneya on the day we arrived. Since it was  a saturday it was full of devotees from near by villages. This temple has the distinction of being a holy place that can be traced back to the Ramayana. There is a reference to this place in the Kishkinda Kandam of Valmiki’s Ramayana. The figure of Ha...