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Hanuman carrying a mountain with magic healing herbs Actors portraying Lord Rama and Hanuman perform on stage in colorful costumes during a Ramayana dance drama at Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra in New Delhi, India. Illustrated Ramayana folio showing Hanuman leaping toward the walled city of Lanka, with Sita seated in a garden and animals in a winding river below. Illustration of Hanuman leaping above Lanka's burning walls, his ignited tail trailing flames and smoke behind him. Painting of Lord Hanuman flying while carrying the herb-bearing Dronagiri mountain in one hand and holding a mace in the other. Painting of blue-skinned Hanuman opening his chest to reveal Rama and Sita seated within his heart. Eighteenth-century Indian painting showing Rama and Sita seated on a decorated bench, with Hanuman kneeling at their feet and Lakshmana standing nearby in a palace garden. Making a statue of the monkey god Devotees light candles and pray before a towering, brightly adorned statue of Hindu deity Hanuman at Sri Sri Madangopal Jiu Akhra in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Langur monkeys sitting on rooftops.
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Media added. Nov 03, 2026
Article revised and expanded. Nov 02, 2026
Modified link of Web site: Academia - Hanumān in the Hindu Mythology (PDF). Jul 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Durham University - The Story of Hanuman. Aug 01, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Hanumān in the Hindu Mythology (PDF). Dec 05, 2023
Add new Web site: Learn Religion - Lord Hanuman, the Hindu Monkey God. Aug 18, 2023
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Hanuman. Sep 06, 2022
Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Lord Hanuman. Jul 19, 2018
Article revised. Oct 14, 2014
Media added. Feb 08, 2012
Article revised and updated. Apr 30, 2010
Article revised to mention the use by the RSS during its early years of Hanuman in its initiation rites. Aug 28, 2009
Article revised and updated. Sep 21, 2007
New bibliography added. Sep 21, 2007
Added new Web site: Encyclopedia Mythica - Hanuman. Jun 15, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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