Hanuman, the monkey god known, can be seen in temples throughout the country.

Hanuman, the monkey god known, can be seen in temples throughout the country. In some temples his image is set with a single club in his right hand, or sit in a devotional posture before the images of Rama and Sita. He is considered the God of power and strength that have remained a celibate all his life. He is revered as the greatest devotee of Rama, who loves the most Hanuman.Hanuman's other names are hanumat and Pavan-Suta. He is the son of Vayu, the lord of the winds and Arijana, the female seduced by Vayu. Along with Rama, Hanuman is always admired and he is the most popular deity of wrestlers and grapplers. Tuesday is the holy day on which lakhs of Hindus worship Hanuman, and pray to him for strength and prosperity.Hanuman acts of bravery and heroic deeds of valor are very detailed in the Ramayana, which you and also sparsely in a few other religious books such as Agni Purana and Mahabharata. This God as with a short, thick neck, a round red face, sharp teeth white is described as a mane Ashoka flowers, a tail like Indra's banner and the ability to expand until it could be as big as a mountain or on a contract until he could be as small as a fly.So many interesting myths have grown up around this god. Hanuman, when still quite young, saw the rising sun, he thought it a ripe fruit is, jumped to her and she grabbed the sun set in the mouth. would perish all the gods and goddesses, for fear that when the sun swallows the whole world prayed for him to spit out the sun. Hanuman agreed and the world was saved from total darkness. If only ten years old, Hanuman could lift the hills sixteen or twenty miles in circumference and throw them like stones. Once swallowed by a monster, he extended his body and the monster had to vomit out this god.