In Hindu scriptures, Sanjeevani is mentioned as a magical herb which has the power to cure any malady. It is believed that medicines prepared from this herb could revive a dead person. The herb is mentioned in the Ramayana when Ravana's son Indrajit (Meghnad) hurls a powerful weapon at Lakshmana. Lakshmana is badly wounded and is nearly killed by Indrajit. Lord Hanuman is called upon to fetch this herb from the mount Dunagiri (Mahodaya) in the Himalayas. Upon reaching Mount Sumeru, Hanuman ji could not identify the herb and lifted the whole mountain and brought it to the battlefield.
Several plants have been proposed as possible candidates for the sanjeevani plant, including: Selaginella bryopteris, Dendrobium plicatile (synonym Desmotrichum fimbriatum), Cressa cretica, and others. A search of ancient texts at CSIR laboratories did not reveal any plant that can be definitively confirmed as sanjeevani. In certain texts it is written that sanjeevani glows in the dark.
The herb, believed in Ayurvedic medicine to have medicinal properties, has been searched for unsuccessfully for centuries. The Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in northern India committed an initial 250m rupees of state money to search for sanjeevani booti. The search was focused on the Dronagiri range of the Himalayas near the Chinese border, even though there is no evidence for its existence. The Ramayana mentions a mountain believed to refer to the Dronagiri range, where the magical herb is supposed to grow. 
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