Hanumān Jayanti – appearance day of the son of Vāyu, also known as Āñjaneya, is celebrated on two different days in the year. Once in the month of Caitra – April 5 this year, and then again in December in the region I come from – Karnataka! I’m told that one is a “birthday” while the other is a “victory” day. Either way, more reasons to meditate on Hanumān is always a good thing!
In each of my children’s room, Hanumān presides over their desks, watching and protecting them. His devotion to Lord Rāma is incomparable, his strength inconquerable, his personality charming as a mountain of gold. His eyes are flooded with tears of joy when names and praises of Lord Rāma are uttered. Endowed with intelligence and thoughts as swift as Vāyu, he has mastered his senses. I salute Hanumān. May we be graced with the strength of his celebrated bhakti.
This is a creative paraphrasing of this beautiful little Hanumān stuti, a meditation on Āñjaneya. Pictures from the Hanuman temple in my grandmother’s village in Karnataka. Many thanks to my uncle, cousins and other family for the generous supply of photos of puja-s from this temple. I especially love the banana-alaṅkāra (decoration) ❤️❤️
Love this! And the pictures are wonderful. ❤️
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Thank you so much for posting this stuti Shantalaji and the pictures. I also love that your children are guarded by Hanaman. Such a wonderful deity for our world. I recently learned that there is also a Vada Malam for Hanuman! And it is given out for prasadam after.
I’ll try to get a pic of the vaḍā māla, it is amazing! ❤️
ॐ हुं हनुमते नमः
oṃ haṃ hanumate namaḥ
Love this! ❤️
Love this recitation of a prayer we have chanted for so many years, in so many other ways. Love Love
Beautiful prayer indeed and Hanuman loves all ways of this chant ❤️❤️
Hanumanji from our Kainchi dhām
Absolutely stunning, beautiful, LOVE! Thanks for posting here Nina, love you!
Hanuman really speaks to my heart : in March 2019 I was in Hampi. A friend who was the companion of one of my very best friends, Janaka, sent me a message informing me that he just had had a terrible accident in Portugal,where he lived (heat by a falling tree) and was in coma. Janaka lved staying in Tiruvannamalai and looked like Ramana Maharshi, I always knew him as a naturally spiritual being, easy to be with, very sensitive and joyful. No need to say I was devastated. I went to the very top of the temple, to pray,… Read more »
Thanks for sharing Meera ❤️
We can certainly learn this in a short little workshop Pam, I think many would like that ❤️