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Tuesday 20 January 2015

Hanuman Jayanti

According to Hindu Mythology, Anjana was elegant, beautiful and supernatural females that used to dance in Indra’s palace. Anjana was cursed and sent to the Earth. There she married to Kesari, who was the son of Brihaspati (The teacher of all the Gods). Hindus associate Brihaspati with the planet Jupiter. After some time, Anjana was blessed with the divine child, Hanuman.

The blissful day of Hanuman Birthday (Hanuman Jayanti) that falls on the full moon day during the waxing phase of the Hindu month Chaitra (March – April). In 2015, it will be celebrated on 4th April. The auspicious time for praying Hanuman on this special day is 07:45 - 09:18 and then 12:24-17.04.

However in Tamilnadu it would be commemorated on the new moon day of the Tamil month Margazhi that falls in the month of December - January. In Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, it is celebrated on the tenth day of the waning phase of the moon in the month of Margashirsh month.

Hanuman is the staunch devotee of Rama, and he is being revered Hindu deity for unflinching devotion.

Since then, each year Hanuman Jayanti is commemorated with great devotion. In temples, special arrangements are made to accommodate thousands of devotees who visit there to have divine glimpse of Hanuman. The celebrations started in the morning. Devotees read Hanuman Chalisa, Sunderkand and prayed Hanuman to bless them with the strength, knowledge, intellect, and divinity. They offer red or orange color Chandan, Chandan oil, sweets to Hanuman. Hindu priest then put the red mark (Tilak) from the idol of the Hanuman on the forehead of the devotees and then give Prasad to them. Many devotees start singing and dancing on the tune of the divine songs of Hanuman.

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