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What happened to the Vanara Sena after the Ramayana?
In the Ramayana, the Vanara Sena (monkey clan) made a glorious impact and registered its strong presence headed by Lord Hanuman, Vali, and Sugriva.
But after that there is no major presence or mark ...
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Is Hanuman an avatar of Lord Shiva?
I grew up watching Ramayana and Mahabharata TV series which was telecasted on Dhoordharshan channel. I vaguely remember my grandma say that Hanuman is an avatar of Shiva to help Vishnu (Ram) to ...
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Who made Lord Hanuman immortal?
From what I've read, I've concluded that Lord Hanuman is one of the seven * Chiranjeevis.* (Immortals). But I am not sure who made Lord Hanuman immortal, and why?
I've heard many rumours that Lord ...
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Why did Lord Hanuman decide to spend his life as a celebate?
According to Ramayana, Lord Hanuman was a Brahmachari (celibate/bachelor). Why did he decide to spend his life as a celibate? What is the reason behind it?
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Why did Lord Hanuman forget that he has special powers?
Somehow Lord Hanuman forgets that he could fly, and has other special powers until Jaambavant reminds him of them. How and why did this happen?
I've also heard that Lord Hanuman wasn't actually ...
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Did mountains use to have wings?
I heard that in Ramayana it is stated that mountains used to have wings at one point, then somehow all the mountains lost their wings, except for one mountain which was between India and Sri Lanka.
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Was Ravana's Lanka not the present day Sri Lanka?
Many people are thinking and confidently stating that Ravana's Lanka is in fact present day Sri Lanka, situated south-east of India.
However, the narration given by Sage Valmiki in Sundara Kanda ...
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Did lord Hanuman have a son?
As per a previous question asked on this site, we know that Lord Hanuman was a bachelor,
Surya grants him a boon that he will still be a bachelor even after
marriage as a Prajapatya Brahmachari ...
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What scriptures describe the origin of Arjuna's monkey flag?
In the Mahabharata, Arjuna is frequently described as Kadipdhvaja, or the one who has a monkey flag. In the popular imagination, this flag is associated with Hanuman. And this association does have ...
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When did Mainda and Dvivida drink Amrita with the permission of Brahma?
Mainda and Dvivida are the valiant lieutenants in the army of Vānara. They are the sons of Ashwini Kumaras. Hanuman describes the plight of Lanka to his fellow vānaras and praises every Vānara ...
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Why did Hanuman fight with Lord Rama?
I heard there was one occasion where a god and his devotee fought a great battle against each other. It's the case of Lord Rama vs. Hanuman.
Being a true devotee, why did Hanuman fight against his ...
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Who is Suvarchala? Is she wife or daughter of Sun God?
There are several stories of Hanuman being married or a bachelor. A question was already asked before on this site. Some say that Hanuman promised Sun that he will marry his daughter Suvarchala when ...
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When did Rama tell Hanuman the Muktika Upanishad?
I've read the Wikipedia article on Muktika Upanishad which contains the list of 108 Upanishads. There it is written that:
The canon is part of a dialogue between Rama and Hanuman. Rama proposes to ...
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First meeting between Hanuman and Shree Rama
This wiki article describes that when Sugreeva sent Hanuman as an emissary to meet Rama and Lakshmana. It also claims that on seeing Hanuman, Shri Rama praised Hanuman greatly.
How is this meeting ...
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Why didn't lord Hanuman help Sugriva to kill Vali?
We all know that lord Hanuman is very powerful and he was friend of Sugriva, then why didn't he help Sugriva to get his throne back from his brother Vali (by killing vali)?
I know Vali was with boon ...
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Did Shree Hanuman have a child from Raavana's daughter SuvannaMaccha?
While reading about (legendary) creature called Mermaid, I stumbled upon 1 of the examples SuvarnaMaccha.
While building Ramasetu, this daughter of Raavana was an obstacle, but later fell in (mutual) ...
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Why did Lord Hanuman bring two mountains from Himalayas?
As every TV show and common man say Lord Hanuman went to Himalayas to bring Herbs and brought One Mountain.
SCRIPTURE :
As stated in Valmiki Ramayan : Yuddha Kanda(Chapter Sarga 74)
After having ...
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Authenticity of Hanuman searching for Rama's ring and realizing the nature of time
There is a story over the internet and the story goes like this
When the time came for the departure of Rama, Yama says to Rama that
he cannot able to come to earth because of the presence of Hanuman....
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Lord Indra ( Life expectancy) [closed]
Rahul Arya, a notable Arya Samaj preacher in his YouTube channel has told Lord Indra lived for 500 years and then he died.
He tells that God has made our body in such a manner that a human structure ...
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How many sons did Kesari have, other than Sri Hanuman?
Shuka, Ravana's aide, describes the individual strengths of the various commanders in the army of monkeys, mentioning their names one by one, in detail, in Yuddha Kanda of Srimad Ramayana.
While ...
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Why is Lord Hanuman also referred as "Bajaranga Bali"?
The name "Bajaranga Bali" is quite famous especially in the northern parts of India. There are popular movies made with this name, such as Bajrangbali and Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
However these names are ...
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Why is Lord Hanuman portrayed as tearing-open his chest and showing Lord Rama is within it?
I have seen many images like the following that portray Lord Hanuman tear-open his chest and reveal Lord Rama and Sita inside it. What is the story behind this?
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How did Hanuman know that Ravana abducted Sita?
Lakshmana did not tell the name of Ravana while introducing themselves and their situation to Hanuman and Lakshmana told the following to Hanuman
"He who aspires to keep up the well-being of all ...
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How Hanumanji being a monkey learned the Vedas?
How Hanumanji being a monkey learned the Vedas?
Sudras are not supposed to read the vedas...in that case how he got the sacred thread and had access to the vedas? In fact from that perspective, ...
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How did Hanuman's tail catch fire?
As I know and I've heard from my Hindu friends that, someone put the fire on tail of Hanuman and he lit the whole island of Lanka.
My question is, how did Hanuman's tail catch fire or to be more ...
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Powers of Hanuman, made forgotten or Locked up?
As per Ramayana, Hanuman was made to forget about his powers due to his mischievous behavior as explained here.
But, it makes more sense that the powers were more of locked-up within him, instead of ...
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