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Now proven as a true devotee, Rama cured him and blessed him with immortality, but Hanuman refused this and asked only for a place at Rama's feet to worship him. Touched, Rama blessed him with immortality anyway. Like Shesha Nag, Hanuman would live on after the kalpa (destruction of the universe). [52] [53]
The deity Hanuman is sometimes featured with five-faces in his iconography, known as Panchamukhi Hanuman, or Panchamukha Anjaneya. [3] Each head is that of a deity associated with Vishnu , and is depicted to be facing a cardinal direction: Hanuman faces the east, Narasimha faces the south, Varaha faces the north, Garuda faces the west, and ...
Hanuman: A divine vanara companion and devotee of the god Rama. Hanuman is one of the central figures of the epic. He is a brahmachari (life long celibate) and one of the chiranjivis. In some versions of the epic, he is described as an avatar of Shiva. Hema: An apsara in Indra's court. When Mayasura visited Svarga, he saw and married her.
Mahavir Mandir is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Hanuman, located in Patna, Bihar, India.Millions of pilgrims visit the temple every year. [1] [2] Acharya Kishore Kunal is the secretary of the Mahavir Mandir Temple Trust, Patna. [3]
Ashwatthama, Bali, Vyasa, Hanuman, Vibhishana, Kripa, and Parashurama are the seven chiranjivis, the death-defeating beings. By remembering their names along with Markandeya, the eighth, one gains freedom from sickness and can live up to a hundred years.
The temple of Sri Hanuman is adjacent to the main Temple of Sree Rama. Sree Hanuman has his head tilted to left (to Rama's Adobe), to hear his master’s words. [7] Sree Rama is confiding in Hanuman the cue-word ( Abhignana Vaakyam ) that would enable him to gain the confidence of Sita. Hanuman has a mace in his hand.
Mt. Gandhamadana is believed to be the hillock from whose summit, the Rama-devotee Hanuman, commenced his flight to Ravana's Lanka.Kalidasa [Kumarasambhava, VI] refers to Gandhamadana, in the vicinity of the mythical city of Osadhiprastha in Himalaya Mountain, having Santanaka trees.
The temple is dedicated to Shri Shri 1008 Sitaram bhakt Mahavir Balaji (another name for Shree Hanuman Jee). Unlike similar religious sites, it is located in a village rather than the countryside. Its reputation for ritualistic healing and exorcism of evil spirits attracts many pilgrims from Banka , Bhagalpur and Munger districts and elsewhere.