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The flat top of Anjaneri hill under monsoon clouds, with green paddy fields below
Anjaneri hill, near Trimbakeshwar. Photo: Coolgama, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Nashik–Trimbakeshwar Simhastha · Places

Anjaneri, Near Trimbakeshwar

KumbhMela.info Editorial TeamChecked on Fri 16 Oct 2026

Anjaneri is a hill and village on the road from Nashik to Trimbakeshwar, about 20 km from Nashik. According to tradition, it is the birthplace of Hanuman, and the hill is named after his mother, Anjana.

EvergreenChecked on Fri 16 Oct 2026

Place facts are from the Ministry of Tourism's Incredible India site, the Nashik district, the Archaeological Survey of India and the 1883 Bombay Gazetteer. Forest department works at Anjaneri appear in the Kumbh Mela Authority's approvals; what they include, and any 2027 arrangement for Anjaneri, are not announced.

Anjaneri is not a Simhastha bathing centre. The Simhastha bathing at Trimbakeshwar is at Kushavarta, further along the same road.

Anjaneri at a glance

  • Where

    On the Nashik to Trimbakeshwar road, about 20 km from Nashik (Incredible India; Nashik district).1,2

  • Known for

    By tradition, the birthplace of Hanuman. The hill is said to be named after his mother, Anjana.1,3

  • Steps and access

    Not published yet. No official source describes the path up the hill.

  • Nearest official help point

    Not published yet.

  • Kumbh 2027 status

    Not a bathing centre; the Simhastha bath at Trimbakeshwar is at Kushavarta. Any 2027 arrangement for Anjaneri is not announced.4

On a Kumbh day

  • There is no Kumbh bath at Anjaneri. The bath at Trimbakeshwar is at Kushavarta, on Monday 2 August, Tuesday 31 August and Sunday 12 September 2027.
  • Forest department works at Brahmagiri, the pradakshina routes and Anjaneri nature tourism are approved for the Simhastha. What they include is not announced.
Sources for these facts (4)
  1. Incredible India, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India: Anjaneri Nashik: Mythical Trail to the Birthplace of Lord Hanuman
  2. Nashik District, Government of Maharashtra: Tourist Places, Nashik District
  3. Government of Bombay, Government Central Press (compiled under James M. Campbell); scan by Cornell University Library on the Internet Archive: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume XVI: Nasik (1883) (1883)
  4. Nashik–Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority, Office of the Divisional Commissioner, Nashik, Government of Maharashtra: Kumbh Mela Plan (First Edition) · Nashik–Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2027 (2026)

Hanuman's birth in tradition

According to tradition, Anjana gave birth to Hanuman in a cave on the Anjaneri hills, the Ministry of Tourism’s Incredible India site notes. The 1883 Bombay Gazetteer also records that the hill is said to be named after Anjana, the mother of Hanuman.

Incredible India describes a temple of Anjana Mata on the hills, and a hilltop temple where Hanuman is shown as a child. It also mentions a pond whose shape, legend says, was set by Hanuman’s left foot.

Anjaneri is not the only place with this tradition. In 2022, a seer from Kishkindha in Karnataka held that Hanuman was born there, the Deccan Chronicle reported. KumbhMela.info does not take a side: these are matters of faith.

What you do here

Darshan on the hill

Incredible India describes a temple of Anjana Mata on the hills and a hilltop temple where Hanuman is shown as a child.1

The old temple below the hill

The ASI lists the Old Temple of Anjaneri, probably built under the Yadava rulers between about 850 and 1060 CE. It stands without its spire; the sanctum and hall remain.2

Sources for these cards (2)
  1. Incredible India, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India: Anjaneri Nashik: Mythical Trail to the Birthplace of Lord Hanuman
  2. Archaeological Survey of India, Aurangabad Circle: Nasik Sub Circle (Old Temple of Anjaneri)

Old temples below the hill

The Archaeological Survey of India lists the Old Temple of Anjaneri among the monuments of its Nashik sub-circle. The ASI says it was once a large temple and now stands without its shikhara (spire). The sanctum and hall remain, with carved pillars and doorframes. It was probably built under the local Yadava rulers, between about 850 and 1060 CE.

On the way to Trimbakeshwar

Anjaneri lies between Nashik and Trimbakeshwar. In 1883 the Gazetteer noted that the road between the two towns passes a short distance north of the hill. The Nashik district places the Coin Museum at Anjaneri on the Nashik–Trimbakeshwar road, about 20 km from Nashik city. The museum was set up in 1980 under the Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies.

Beyond Anjaneri lies Trimbakeshwar town, with the Trimbakeshwar temple, the Kushavarta kund and Brahmagiri. For travel to the area, see How to reach Nashik.

Anjaneri during the Simhastha

There is no Kumbh bath at Anjaneri. The Simhastha bathing at Trimbakeshwar is at Kushavarta, on Monday 2 August, Tuesday 31 August and Sunday 12 September 2027, according to the Kumbh Mela Authority’s plan of 15 June 2026.

The authority’s approvals include development works at Brahmagiri, the Chhota and Mottara pradakshina routes and Anjaneri nature tourism, under the forest department: three works with an approved amount of ₹23.12 crore. The plan also lists forest department works at Anjaneri and Brahmagiri. What these works are, and whether any path or rule at Anjaneri will change for 2027, is not announced.

  • Not announced: road closures and diversions on the Nashik–Trimbakeshwar road on Amrit Snan days
  • Not announced: any visitor rules for the Anjaneri hill or forest during the Kumbh months
  • Not announced: parking or shuttle stops at Anjaneri

Where it is

Trimbakeshwar: the temple, Brahmagiri and Anjaneri1234561 kmN
Trimbakeshwar: the temple, Brahmagiri and Anjaneri
  1. 1Trimbakeshwar TempleTemple
  2. 2Kushavarta KundGhat
  3. 3GangadwarTemple
  4. 4BrahmagiriHill
  5. 5AnjaneriTemple · This page
  6. 6Trimbakeshwar bus depotBus

A guide to where places are, not a route plan. During the mela, roads and ghats open and close by the official plan; follow police and mela directions.

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Nearby

Trimbakeshwar Temple near NashikTrimbakeshwar TempleAbout 4.4 km awayThe Kushavarta kund in Trimbakeshwar: a stone tank with railings in still water, the colonnade and temple spires around it and hills behind, reflected in the water.KushavartaAbout 4.7 km awayThe Gangadwar shrine built into the rock face of Brahmagiri hill, with stone steps leading up to itBrahmagiri and GangadwarAbout 5.8 km awayThe Godavari at Gandhi Talav in Nashik, with ghats, temples and houses along the far bankNashik's ghatsAbout 25 km away

All ghats and placesWhere to stay nearby

Distances are in a straight line between map points, not walking routes.

Where next

How to reachTrains, buses, roads and the last stretch
Where to stayAreas, camps and what to check
First visitA simple order for getting ready
Ghats and placesWhere the bathing happens

Sources

8 sources · checked 16 Oct 2026
  1. Anjaneri Nashik: Mythical Trail to the Birthplace of Lord Hanuman · Incredible India, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India ·
  2. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume XVI: Nasik (1883) · Government of Bombay, Government Central Press (compiled under James M. Campbell); scan by Cornell University Library on the Internet Archive ·
  3. Nasik Sub Circle (Old Temple of Anjaneri) · Archaeological Survey of India, Aurangabad Circle ·
  4. Tourist Places, Nashik District · Nashik District, Government of Maharashtra ·
  5. Conclave to debate birthplace of Lord Hanuman · Deccan Chronicle ·
  6. Administrative Approvals: ghat, temple, tank and forest works (Nashik–Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh Mela) · Nashik–Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority, Office of the Divisional Commissioner, Nashik, Government of Maharashtra ·
  7. Kumbh Mela Plan (First Edition), section 7.3: Ghats planning for Nashik and Trimbakeshwar, with related plan items · Nashik–Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority, Office of the Divisional Commissioner, Nashik, Government of Maharashtra ·
  8. Kumbh Mela Plan (First Edition): Nashik–Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2027 · Nashik–Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority, Office of the Divisional Commissioner, Nashik, Government of Maharashtra ·