Hanuman

Worshipped as a god

Hanuman is the son of the wind god Vayu and of Anjana Devi, and a devotee of Rama. In the Ramayana he is Sugriva's counsellor who meets Rama and Lakshmana, leaps across the ocean to Lanka, finds Sita and burns the city; in the war he fights Ravana and carries a mountain of healing herbs for the wounded, and at Rama's coronation Sita gives him her pearl necklace.

The path

Stories, one bead at a time

  1. How Hanuman was bornReady to read
  2. Hanuman leaps for the sunReady to read
  3. Hanuman meets RamaReady to read
  4. Rama gives Hanuman his ringReady to read
  5. Hanuman prepares to leap to LankaReady to read
  6. Hanuman crosses the oceanReady to read
  7. Hanuman searches Lanka by nightReady to read
  8. Hanuman finds SitaReady to read
  9. The burning of LankaReady to read
  10. Hanuman tells the monkeys at MahendraReady to read
  11. Hanuman pleads for Vibhishana's refugeReady to read
  12. Hanuman strikes Ravana, and Ravana praises himReady to read
  13. The mountain of herbsReady to read
  14. Hanuman brings the news to Bharata at NandigramaReady to read
  15. Sita's necklace for HanumanReady to read
  16. Hanuman and Bhima in the forestReady to read

Begin: How Hanuman was born

Family

Bhimacalled elder brother by1
Kesarifather2
Vayudivine father3

Devotion

Ramadevoted to5

Deeds

Ravanafought6

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