The temple was built in the 18th century CE. It has two origin stories:
Story 1
Around the 16th century a great devotee of Lord Hanuman lived in the nearby region of Balaghat Mountain in Maharashtra. Lord Hanuman blessed this devotee and offered to fulfill any wish. The devotee pleaded with Lord Hanuman to come to his village and inhabit it forever, bestowing grace upon his villagers and their visitors. In response, Lord Hanuman made one condition: that he follow this devotee from a distance, and the devotee must not look back to confirm whether Lord Hanuman was behind him. Lord Hanuman warned that if the devotee looked back, Lord Hanuman would assume the form of a small stone idol and would not go further. The devotee agreed and they started the journey toward his village. They reached a denseforest of cactus and pangara. After travelling such a distance, the devotee's doubts overcame his trust, so he looked back. Lord Hanuman had followed, but thereafter declined to come further, transforming into a stone idol. The devotee was disappointed and called upon his villagers to re-colonize there. A new village was formed and named Pangari, from Pangara. It is now recognized as Pangari, abbreviated as 'Pangari ', which means that Pangari belongs to Lord Maruti.
Story 2
The idol stone of Lord Hanuman was located at the village Savargaon
Speciality
Legend holds that snake bites can be healed at Hanuman Temple. This is done by chanting the mantra 'Bola Maruti Maharajacha Chang Bhala'. However, the following rules must also be observed.
The victim must be accompanied by a group of males, all of whom must take a bath at a well or river beforehand, and carry water with them in a bowl consisting of either metal or soil. This bowl is commonly called a 'Ghagar'. When the group reaches the temple, they must take turns around Lord Hanuman's idol chanting the aforementioned mantra until the snake bite victim wakes up.
Females must not touch the victim. If they do, then the 'Gomutra' should be sprinkled over the victim.
If a female touches the snake bite victim inside the temple, the Lord is left incapable of saving the victim.
