Vayu and Anjana are the parents of Hanuman. Vayu carried divine prasad to Anjana, and from this blessed food Hanuman was born with the wind god's powers.
⚠ The Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana names Kesari as Hanuman's father through Anjana, with Vayu's role varying between divine father and bestower of blessings across traditions.
Kesari, a vanara chief, married Anjana, and their son Hanuman was born through the grace of Vayu, who carried divine prasad to Anjana.
⚠ The Uttara Kanda names Kesari as father, while the Kishkindha Kanda and Shiva Purana emphasize Vayu's direct paternity — traditions vary on whether Kesari is biological or nominal father.
Jambavan the bear king reminded Hanuman of his forgotten divine powers, enabling the leap across the ocean to Lanka.
Hanuman carried the entire Mount Dronagiri with its healing herbs to save Lakshmana from Indrajit's weapon before dawn.
Hanuman served as Rama's most devoted ally during the war against Ravana, leading the vanara army to Lanka and carrying Rama's ring to Sita as proof of rescue.
Hanuman was Sugriva's chief minister and most trusted companion during his exile on Rishyamukha. It was Hanuman who first encountered Rama and Lakshmana in the forest and brokered the alliance that would restore Sugriva's throne and launch the war against Lanka.
Indrajit captured Hanuman with the Brahmastra when Hanuman first entered Lanka as Rama's envoy, binding and dragging him before Ravana's court. Later in battle, Indrajit's Shakti weapon felled Lakshmana, driving Hanuman to fly to the Himalayas for the life-saving Sanjeevani herb.
Hanuman infiltrated Lanka as Rama's messenger, burned the city with his flaming tail, and fought Ravana's forces throughout the war.
Hanuman killed Aksha Kumar, the young son of Ravana, when the prince charged into the Ashoka grove to challenge the vanara who was laying waste to Lanka's gardens and warriors.
Hanuman slew the shadow-grasping rakshasi Simhika while leaping across the ocean to Lanka — she seized his shadow and drew him toward her gaping maw, but he shrank small, entered her mouth, and burst out through her body.
Hanuman is one of the seven Chiranjivi, blessed with immortality by Sita, Rama, and the gods for his boundless devotion — he endures through the ages to appear wherever the Ramayana is recited, listening with tears in his eyes.
Hanuman appeared on Arjuna's chariot banner during the Kurukshetra war, having promised Bhima he would aid the Pandavas. His war cries from the banner terrified the Kauravas.
Bhima encountered his half-brother Hanuman lying across a forest path during the Pandavas' exile, and when Bhima boasted of his strength, Hanuman challenged him to lift his tail — Bhima could not move it an inch, and knelt in humility before the ancient vanara.
As a child, Hanuman leapt toward the sun thinking it was a fruit. Indra struck him with his thunderbolt, breaking his jaw, but the gods later granted Hanuman boons in compensation.
Hanuman leaped across the ocean to Lanka on a scouting mission for Rama. After finding Sita in the Ashoka Vatika, he allowed himself to be captured and then set the golden city ablaze with his burning tail.
Hanuman found Sita captive in Ravana's Ashoka grove in Lanka. He delivered Rama's signet ring as proof of identity, and Sita gave him her hair jewel to carry back to Rama.
As an infant, Hanuman mistook the rising sun for a ripe fruit and flew up to swallow it. Surya later became Hanuman's guru, teaching him the scriptures as Hanuman flew backward alongside the solar chariot.
When Indra's thunderbolt struck the infant Hanuman from the sky, Vayu gathered his unconscious son into his arms and withdrew all wind from the three worlds, suffocating every creature until Brahma and the gods rushed to revive Hanuman and shower him with divine boons.
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