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Salasar Balaji

Salasar, Churu, Rajasthan · 27.7200°, 74.7100°

Hanuman (Balaji)Undetermined
Sacred since
1750 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
mid-18th c. (268th foundation day marked in 2022)
Undetermined

History & significance

A Hanuman shrine at Salasar near Sujangarh in Churu district and one of the busiest pilgrimage centres of the Shekhawati region. Great fairs are held there in the months of Chaitra and Ashwin.

Sthala katha — the legend

A farmer at Asota is said to have turned up an image of Hanuman while ploughing and offered it the bajra churma his wife had brought; that night both the local landlord and a devotee named Mohandas dreamt they should enshrine it at Salasar.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined