including the epic Mahabharata and various Puranas (a genre of Hindu literature). “The Hanuman Purana, the story of Hanuman’s birth, names Vayu, the god of the wind, as the monkey god’s ...

He is known not just for his strength and for how much he is respected by people, but also for how well he was himself devoted to Lord Ram, making him a devotee before he was a God. Lord Hanuman ...

Holi symbolises the victory of good over evil, and colours are thrown at each other as a sign of celebration and victory of ...

While churning the ocean of milk, various things such as the Karpaga tree, which incessantly gratifies petitioners with the objects sought; the moon-white king of elephants; Goddess Mahalakshmi, ...

Hindus revere them as a symbol of the monkey deity Hanuman, whose simian army helped rescue Sita, the god Rama's wife, from a demon king, according to a Sanskrit epic. Langurs' black faces and ...

Here in Uttar Pradesh, the women of Nandgaon (home of Hindu god Krishna) attack the men from Barsana (hometown of Radha) with wooden sticks, reenacting legend. A kaleidoscopic cloud hangs over ...

The Delhi High Court on 20 January permitted police to seize the paintings after a lawyer named Amita Sachdeva complained the artworks – featuring Hindu deities Ganesha and Hanuman alongside nud ...

SIMRAN: Hinduism is over 4000 years old ... For example if I wanted strength I might go to the monkey god Hanuman or if I wanted intelligence I'd pray to Ganesha the elephant god.

Hollywood star Dev Patel, who recently made his directorial debut 'Monkey Man', said that his film has been inspired by the ...