Panki, Kanpur
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Panki railway station nameplate | |
  Panki, Kanpur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 26°22′16″N 80°06′45″E / 26.371150°N 80.112400°ECoordinates: 26°22′16″N 80°06′45″E / 26.371150°N 80.112400°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Kanpur Nagar |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 208020 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-78 |
| Nearest city | Kanpur |
| Literacy | 60% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kanpur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Govind Nagar |
Panki is a suburb of Kanpur, India, situated about 20 km from Kanpur Central on the NH 2 to Delhi.
Travel
- Roadways
Panki has a bus station and UPSRTC Buses of Kanpur have routes from Sachendi to different localities.
Panki is also starting point of Kanpur over-bridge which is one of the largest over-bridges in India.
- Railways
Panki has a railway station on the Kanpur-Delhi line. Panki Railway station is set to be projected as terminal station for minimize the passenger load of Kanpur Central.
- Airways
Kanpur Airport is nearest airport.
Tourist attractions
In this vedic and historic town of Kanpur there is place named Panki presently inside the Kanpur municipal limits and is about 8 km from the Kanpur railway station and main bus stand. The place has an electric power generating station, which supplies to the northern grid. While the place Bithoor is connected with Saint Valmiki this place Panki is linked to Hanumanji. Wherever Lord Ram’s name is chanted there you can see Hanumanji. Any place connected with the ancient epic Ramayana is not ‘purnam’ without mention of Hanumanji. The place Panki has a wonderful ancient temple for Hanumanji. An excellent power generator and sustainer![1]
The temple of Lord Hanumanji
The temple of Lord Hanuman is one of the most popular temples in this region. He draws lot of devotees from all over the country and their wishes are heard and fulfilled by the Lord. He showers His blessings on the devotees who come here with full devotion and absolute faith.Lord Hanuman always give his blessing to the visitors. Built on a sprawling land with great elevation, and huge towering ‘kumbas’ are under construction. There are three entrances to the temple from East, North, and West sides and the temple is a magnificent sight from distance itself.
The History of the temple
Although no authentic evidence regarding the history of the temple is available, yet as per the legendary, temple is about three to four hundred years old and The temple had been founded by Mahant Sri Sri 1008 Purushottam Dasji Maharaj. Period mention is older than that of the rule of Raja Hindu Singh who laid the foundation of a village called ‘Kanhapur’ (present Kanpur) on the auspicious occasion of Janamashtami. As per public ascertainment, once upon a time Mahant Sri Sri 1008 Purushottam Dasji Maharaj was on a pilgrimage to Chitrakoot. Traveling on a bullock cart, near Chitrakoot Mahant stopped for his morning prayers and on finishing of his prayer and prepared to proceed on his journey, Mahant stumbled upon a rock like object. To his astonishment that was an idol of Lord Hanuman, and by divine intuition he felt that Lord Hanuman wanted him to carry the idol with him. Since he was proceeding towards the holy place Bithoor, the place where Saint Valmiki’s Ashram was there. Following this divine direction, Mahant picked up the idol, kept it in his bullock cart with all reverence and continued his journey towards Bithoor. The tourist spot of Kanpur is 10 km from the town.
After some days of journey when the convoy was just ten koj (approx. 15 km) away from Bithoor, Mahant found that the bullock cart was not moving and the bullocks were finding the load of car heavy. Failing all efforts Mahant decided to rest the bullocks for a while. After putting the bullocks to rest Mahant also took a light nap. During the rest Mahant again perceived that the idol of the Lord giving him a divine direction to consecrate the place and install the idol there itself. Mahant deemed this as a divine order and installed (Predeshta) the idol at the very same place with the help of the locals. The place is now known as Panki. Then on the locals started worshiping the Lord Hanumanji at the installed place. In time to come a small temple came up with the help of the locals and came to be known as Panki temple of Lord Hanuman. Now it is very popular, as even the desires perceived difficult to achieve by devotees will be fulfilled (assadhya sadhaka swamin) with the worship of Panki Hanumanji. As the fame spread around, the temple became more and more popular and now devotees from all over the country are visiting this holy shrine. At present, the Panki temple is known as one of the very famous temple of Lord Hanuman in Uttar Bharat. There is a power house in panki for transmission of electriciy to the nearby area with this power house most of the villages are getting electricity. A residential colony for the employees of Panki power house is also there consisting of 2000 houses.A Gun factory is also there.
Train accident
The train mishap took place in Panki Railway Station, some 90 km southwest of Lucknow, when the Gorakhdham Express rammed into the Prayagraj Express on 2 January 2010. The Prayagraj Express suffered greater casualties.[2]