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Hanuman carrying a mountain with magic healing herbs
ā€œHanuman Bearing the Mountaintop with Medicinal Herbs,ā€ ink and opaque watercolor...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Edward M. Bratter, 1957 (57.70.6), www.metmuseum.org
Rama and Hanuman in a performance of the Ramayana
A scene between the protagonist Rama and his monkey devotee Hanuman from a Ramlila,...
Ā© Pradeep Gaur/SOPA Images—LightRocket/Getty Images)
The many exploits of Hanuman in the Sundarakanda
A folio from a Ramayana manuscript, titled ā€œHanuman Visits Sita in Lanka...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Christian Humann, (M.72.11), collections.lacma.org
Hanuman's burning tail sets aflame the walls of the demon stronghold Lanka
Hanuman setting fire to the island of Lanka with his tail after it is ignited by...
Ā© Historica Graphica Collection—Heritage Images/Getty Images
Hanuman carrying Dronagiri with the revivifying herb sanjivani
A devotional poster depicts the monkey god Hanuman carrying an entire mountain—Dronagiri,...
Ā© Shalini Saran/IndiaPictures—Universal Images Group/Getty Images
Hanuman's heart beats for Rama and Sita
A painting in the Kalighat style of the monkey Hanuman opening his chest to reveal...
Ā© Heritage Art/Heritage Images—Hulton Fine Art Collection/Getty Images
Rama, Sita, Hanuman, and Lakshmana
The heroes of the Ramayana—Rama and Sita (seated), the monkey-general Hanuman...
Ā© Photos.com/Getty Images Plus
Making a statue of the monkey god
Craftsman Pranava Stapathy working on a large bronze statue of the monkey-god Hanuman...
Ā© Stuart Freedman/In Pictures Ltd—Corbis/Getty Images
Devotion to Hanuman
A large statue of the Hindu deity Hanuman standing at the temple of Sri Sri Madangopal...
Ā© Sony Ramani—NurPhoto/Getty Images
Hanuman langur monkeys (S. entellus)
Hanuman black-faced langur monkeys sitting on the roof of a building in Jaipur, India.
Ā© Luciano Mortula/Shutterstock.com
Bihar Sharif
Temple devoted to Hanuman, Bihar Sharif, Bihar, India.
Abhishek.chandan
Hanuman carrying a mountain of healing herbs, detail of a Mughal painting, late 16th...
Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.