Lord Hanuman (Introduction)

Today, I am going to tell you about very powerful and strong god named as Lord Hanuman. He finds an important place in Ramayana. He was a devotee of Lord Rama, a form (avatar) of Vishnu, a god of Hindus. Hanuman is a figure of strength, perseverance ad devotion...

Hanuman:-

Hanuman Ji
God of Strength, Knowledge and Bhakti; Lord of Celbacy and Victory; Supreme destroyer of evil; and protector of devotees;
Hanuman painted in Pahari style
Affiliation-	Avatar of Shiva, Deva Devotee of Devi Sita, Lord Rama
Abode-	Earth (Prithvi)
Mantra-	ॐ हं हनुमते नमः (Om Hum Hanumate Namah)
Weapon-	Gada(mace)
Texts-	Ramayana, Ramcharitmanas, Hanuman Chalisa, Sunderkand, Bajrang Baan, hanuman bahuk
Festivals-	Hanuman Jayanti
Personal information
Born-	Anjaneri, Nashik, India
Parents-	· Vayu (spiritual father) Kesari(Ramayana) (father) · Anjana(mother)

In Hinduism, Hanuman  (Sanskrit: हनुमान्, IAST: Hanumān) is an ardent devotee of Rama. Lord Hanuman, known as the Lord of Celibacy was an ideal "Bhramchari" or called Naistika Brahmachari in Sanskrit and is one of the central characters of the Indian Epic Ramayana. As one of the Chiranjivi, he is also mentioned in several other texts, such as the Mahabharata and the various Puranas. Hanuman is the son of Anjani and Kesari and is also son of the wind-god Vayu, who according to several stories, played a role in his Avatar.

If yoga is the ability to control one's mind then Hanuman is the quintessential yogi having a perfect mastery over his senses, achieved through a disciplined lifestyle tempered by the twin streams of celibacy and selfless devotion (bhakti). In fact, Hanuman is the ideal Brahmachari (one who follows the path of Brahma), if ever there was one. He is also a perfect karma yogi since he performs his actions with detachment, acting as an instrument of destiny rather than being impelled by any selfish motive.

While Hanuman is one of the central characters in the ancient Hindu epic  Ramayana, the evidence of devotional worship to him is missing in the texts and archeological sites of ancient and most of the medieval period. According to Philip Lutgendorf, an American Indologist known for his studies on Hanuman, the theological significance and devotional dedication to Hanuman emerged about 1,000 years after the composition of the Ramayana, in the 2nd millennium CE, after the arrival of Islamic rule in the Indian Subcontinent Bahkti Movement saints such as Samarth Ramdas expressed Hanuman as a symbol of nationalism and resistance to persecution. In the modern era, his iconography and temples have been increasingly common. He is viewed as the ideal combination of "strength, heroic initiative and assertive excellence" and "loving, emotional devotion to his personal god Rama", as Shakti and Bhakti. In later literature, he has been the patron god of martial arts such as wrestling, acrobatics, as well as meditation and diligent scholarship. He symbolizes the human excellences of inner self control, faith and service to a cause, hidden behind the first impressions of a being who looks like an Ape-Man Vanara.

Hanuman is stated by scholars to be the inspiration for the allegory-filled adventures of a monkey in the Xiyouji (Journey to the West) – the great Chinese poetic novel influenced by the travels of Buddhist monk Xuanzang (602–664 CE) to India.