| Hanuman, the monkey God is considered
Chiranjeevi (will live eternally). He is stong, full of valour, with
various skills and powers. At the same time , he is wise, a great
gnani, a yogi, a brahmachari. He had the one thought only - that
of serving his Lord Rama with utmost humility and devotion. He is
known as Siriya Thiruvadi. He is considered to be an amsam of Lord Siva.
He is known by various names
Devotees are blessed with courage, valour, wisdom, gnanam. He is very happy when he hears the Rama namam. Hence repeating the Raama namam is the best way to get his blessings. His life
He grew up as a strong & mischievous young lad. He could travel as fast as the wind. He mistook the glowing sun to be a fruit & flew upto the sky & reached for the sun. Such was his might & will power even as a child. Lord Indra was upset & strcuk Anjaneya with his thunderbolt (Vajraayudham). Vaayu Deva was upset that his son was struck & he stopped blowing. The whole world was in trouble without winds. All the Gods offered various powerful boons to Anjaneya, thus making him more powerful & invincble than before. Vayu Bhagavan was pleased & started his work again. Anjaneya was causing trouble to the rishis & others, not really realising the might his powerful & playful actions. The angered rishis curesed him that he would cease to realise & recognise his powers unless someone remnded him of it. This calmed him down & he started his lessons with the rishis. He wanted to learn from Surya Bhagavan who is eternally travelling. The mighty Hanuman travelled with Surya at his speed and mastered all the scriptures. As Guru dakshina Anjaneya agreed to serve Sukriva, the son of Surya. He thus became a trusted and valued minister of Sugreeva, a monkey king. He played a major role in the happenings in Ramayana, the great epic. When Rama was banished from his kingdom Ayodhya by his mother Kaikeyi, he reached the forests with his wife Sita & borther Lakshmana. Sugreeva with his army & Hanuman was in hiding from his brother Vaali. Hanuman met Rama & thereafter was with Rama forever. When Sita Devi was abducted by Ravana, the demon king, he flew across the oceans & found Sita Devi in the Ashoka vanam in Lanka. He consoled Sita Devi and set fire to Lanka, destorying many asuras. He served as the emissary of peace to Ravana's court. He assisted Rama in crossing the ocean by building the sethu bridge along with his vanara freinds. During the war he flew to bring the Sanjeevi mountain, full of medicinal herbs to revive Lakshmana who had fallen. When the victorious Rama returned to Ayodhya & was crowned king, he continued to serve him, ever at his service. He featured in the other epic Mahabaratha. He stood by the Pandavas in the Kurukshetra war. He stabilised and protected Arjuna's chariot by being present in the flag flying in the chariot. He was thus honoured with witnessing the Geetopadhesam firsthand. Worship & offerings
Some of the Hanuman temples/sannadhis
in India
Tirupati
Sholingapuram
Suchindram
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