Hanuman

Hanuman is a Hindu god and a devout follower of Rama, which is one of the many avatars of the god Shiva (Wikipedia). Hanuman is a monkeylike deity who is one of the most worshipped figures in Hinduism (Wikipedia). He is known for his “bravery, perseverance, strength” as well as his abstinence from sexual activities and his loyalty towards Rama (Heaphy). Because of Hanuman’s loyalty to Rama, he is mentioned in the Ramayana, an old Sanskrit which depicts ideal characters such as “the ideal father…

entellus, commonly known as the Hanuman gray langur. Despite being classified under “Least Concerned” on IUCN Red List, a population in Karnataka, India has decreased by a drastic 38% in 45 years and more attention needs to be paid to issues threatening conservation of Hanuman langurs [IUCN, 2008; Kumara et al., 2010]. Being primarily folivorous, habitat loss due to deforestation and intense agriculture are obvious issues. However, these are often dismissed because Hanuman langurs’ most…

“How Ganesh got his Elephant’s Head” and “Hanuman, the Greatest” the stories were mainly about the activities the gods did and how they became the way they are now. In “Hanuman, the Greatest”, the monkey god, Hanuman meets the two sons of King Desaratha and finds out that one of the sons (Prince Rama) cannot find his wife, Sita. Hanuman asks the monkeys to search the entire forest and finally finds out that Ravana, the king of demons kidnapped Sita. Hanuman and the two princes defeat Ravana and…

There are prehistoric carvings in the caves which strengthens the fact of Sita’s presence. The second evidence is the existence of Hanuman Garhi in Ayodhya. It is said that Hanuman waited at this place for Lord Rama when the latter was in exile. The third evidence is the footprints of Hanuman which are there in Asoka Vatika in Sri Lanka. It is believed that Lord Hanuman landed at this very place in Sri Lanka when he flew from Indian coast in order to find Sita. The landing was so intense that…

He is one of those game changers who changed the entire scenario of war through his efforts. Hanuman, also known as the ‘monkey lord’ is also known to be the eleventh rudra of Lord Shiva. He was sent by Mahadeva in order to aid Rama in his adventures. He was born to Kesari, a vanara king in Sumeru region and to Anjani. He is considered as an ideal…

characters apart from Rama, Lakshmana, Sita and Ravana, who were the ‘game changers’ as their role proved to be the turning points in the lives of the four main characters of the epic. The characters which can be termed as ‘game changers’ include Hanuman, Kaikeyi and Vibhishana. Apart from them the third chapter also includes a brief note on the seven cantos or ‘kaandas’. The fourth and the fifth chapters provide additional information and facts plus also deals with its major adaptations on…

V.S. Naipaul, a Trinidad-born British author of Indian origin is an eminent commonwealth writer. He has been recognized as a literary giant, one of the finest writers in the English language today. Rootlessness and alienation form the dominant themes of Naipaul’s best novels. His novels show his obsession with the lot of the Caribbean people – their displacement, exile, dispossession, alienation and isolation. He analyses how the colonial experience of displacement and the consequent experience…

Hindus have confidence in rebirth. The essential conviction is that a man's destiny is resolved by his deeds. These deeds in Hinduism are called 'Karma'. A spirit who does great Karma in this life will be granted with a superior life in the following incarnation. Souls who do terrible Karma will be rebuffed for their wrongdoings, if not in this incarnation then in the following incarnation and will keep on being conceived in this world over and over. The great souls will be freed from the hover…

Taking my shoes off, I see the familiar Gopuram in the distance. The aroma of freshly cooked lentils and sambar rice tingle my nose as I walk closer to the main hall of the Temple. Around me, there are many familiar faces wearing traditional Indian attire similarly walking towards the premises of the Temple. Oddly, I feel uncomfortable wearing jeans and a t-shirt, common attire almost everywhere else. As an Asian-Indian growing up in America, it's tough to stay true to my cultural roots while…

characters, Also it is a story that has only one narrator, this makes an easier way for the narrator to present it by speaking at the back of the scenario, while the dalang is acting with the puppets. There are four main characters, Rama, Ravana, Hanuman and Sita, plus the scenography at the back such as the trees that are always there, the army and the houses. In India, the Ramayana is often performed in public; the cast travel the whole country to perform this play at night, it usually lasts…