HAPPY HANUMAN JAYANTI : The Birthday Of Hanuman

April 13, 2006

The Bold Baby Which Snatched At the Sun HANUMAN TAYANTI : The Birthday Of Hanuman Later in the month, the full moon of Chaitra brings Hanuman Jayanti, the birthday of Rama's greatest devotee and chief of the monkey army which fought Rama's war with Ravana, the demon king of Lanka. The legend relating to Hanuman's birth is interesting. Dasharath, the king of Ayodhya had three wives- Kaushalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi. None of them had any children. So the king performed a homa or havan

to pray for progeny. As a reward, Agni, the fire god, gave him three portions of payas, a sweet which his queens would eat and then conceive divine children. When each of the queens received her share, Kaikeyi dropped hers by mistake and the payas was blown away by Vayu, the wind god. He dropped it into the willing hands of Anjani, a she-monkey, who ate it. She gave birth to the powerful Hanuman or Anjaneya (because he is Anjani's son), who leapt to catch the shining sun in the sky. The sun, chased into the firmament by this divine power, gave Hanuman golden garments which could be seen only by Rama and enable him to recognise his greatest devotee. Kaushalya and Sumitra gave half of their payas to the grieving Kaikeyi. In fulfilment of the boon granted by Agni, the queens in the course of time, gave birth to Rama, Lakshmana, Bharat and Shatrughna. The latter two were t\vins, born to Kaikeyi who had received two halves of the payas. Each of these four

princes of Ayodhya were born of half portions of the heavenly payas. Hanuman was the child of a full share. Many scholars of the Ramayana believe Hanuman to be a more powerful deity than even the great Rama. Hanuman is a symbol of health, physical strength and steadfastness. One of the most loved deities of Indians, he is worshipped in small temples in every village. The stories of his innocent and total faith in Rama are sagas of devotion and loyalty.

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May 19, 2006

I'm Moorthy. I was told earlier, Himachall Pradesh Boomi is a siddasrahm place. So we should not enter in those place with doubt in heart. Those siddas are away from modern world and want to maintain peaceful meditation. Pl. show the picture of Lord Hanuman taken there - Moorthyashwin haldipur <avhaldipur wrote: Hare Krishna,I was shown about 6 months ago a picture of LordHanuman, by a stranger. He said that this is the onlyoriginal photograph of Lord Hanuman, which was clickedby a member of a mountaineering expedition, obviouslywhen colour photography existed. This man entered acave and found a sage in deep meditation, but when heturned and looked at the face, it was that of amonkey. Out of curiousity, he took a snap. The monkeysage opened his eyes and the man got a heart attackand fell down

dead. When his mates arrived, they foundhis camera with roll intact. This was sent fordeveloping and the image of Lord Hanuman in meditationwas revealed.We all know that Hanuman is a Chiranjeevi, and neverdies. He is even today said to be in Himalayas. Icould get the picture scanned and sent on email,provided filters are removed.Can anybody tell me if this is a hoax or true story?Dandavats,Ashwin

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