Hinduism Potpourri

Hanuman: Hero. Monkey. God

© K. L. Kamat

A Statue of Hanuman

Hanuman is the ever-living (Chiranjeevi) son of  Lord Vayu and remains a very popular deity among Hindus. A bachelor and a fiercely loyal devotee himself (to Rama), his heroics in the war of Ramayan have inspired several tales of Indian mythology. Hanuman is the only character that appears in both the Hindu epics, the Ramayan and the Mahabharat, which are spread across millennia.

Hanuman in Indian Art

Rama's Follower Hanuman Depiction of Hanuman in Kavi Art
	Hanuman Meets Sita in Ashoka Garden A Temple Sculpture from Kurudumalai
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	Hanuman Meets Rawana
Hanuman, Laxman, and Jatayu attending to Rama Bhatkal temple sculpture of 16th century A.D.
	Mascular Hanuman in Prayer Painting from a Goan Temple
A yakshagana character as hanumanayak, 1985
	Hanuman with gadha in street procession
Mythological Painting From Left to Right: Garuda, Rama or Vishnu, Sita or Lakshmi and Hanuman
	Folk Artists as Ramayan Characters Actors dressed as Rama, Lakshaman, Sita and Hanuman
An Incomplete Sculpture of Hanuman Remains of a school of scultpture (?), Sravanabelagola
	A character of Hanuman in Bayalata, 1985
Hanuman Monkey Mask See Also: Masks of India
	Hanuman Meets Rawana
Sculpture of Hanuman
	Hanuman with Sanjeevani Mountain Deatil from a painted leather puppet
Hanuman in Obeyance Detail from a Mysore Traditional Painting, Nanjanagudu
	Hanuman the Son of Wind God
Rama Fighting on the Sholders of Hanuman Detail from a pavilion, Melkote
	A Lamp Post near Hanuman Temple,
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	Anjaneya handing over Sita's Ornament at Ashoka Gardens Mysore Traditional Painting, Mysore

See Also:

• Indian Mythologies -- Pictures and tales from the Indian mythologies including Hindu epics of Mahabharata, Ramayana