PARAKUNNATH SREE VETTAKKORUMAKAN PAYYAN KSHETHRAM (TEMPLE), AROLI, KANNUR, KERALA: Multiple places in India are claimed to be the birthplace of Lord Hanuman.

Tuesday, 3 October 2017

Multiple places in India are claimed to be the birthplace of Lord Hanuman.

Multiple places in India are claimed to be the birthplace of Lord Hanuman.

1) According to one interpretation, Lord Hanuman was born on Anjaneya Hill, in Hampi, Karnataka.This is located near the Risyamukha mountain on the banks of the Pampa, where Monkey King Sugreeva and Lord Rama are said to have met in Ramayana.

2) Anjan, a small village about 18 km away from Gumla, Bihar , houses ANJAN DHAM , which is said to be the birthplace of Lord Hanuman. The name of the village is derived from the name of Maa Anjani, the mother of Hanuman.

3) A cave in a hill near Gokarna, one of the oldest temple towns of India, is also said to be the birthplace of Hanuman. This cave has had a Hanuman temple for a long time. Gokarna, situated in west coast of Karnataka, is known for Atma Linga of Shiva, installed by Ganapati to save it from the hands of Ravana long before Ramayana days.

4) The Anjaneri mountain, located 8 km from Trimbakeshwar in the Nasik district, is also claimed as the birthplace of Lord Hanuman. Anjaneri Parvat is the place where Mata Anajana meditated to get boon from Lord Shiva for a son. Anjana was an apsara who was born on earth as a female vanara due to a curse. She would be redeemed from this curse on her giving birth to a son. His father Kesari was the son of Brihaspati and that Kesari also fought on Rama’s side in the war against Ravana. Anjana and Kesari performed intense prayers to Lord Shiva to get a child. Pleased with their devotion, Lord Shiva granted them the boon they sought. Hanuman, in another interpretation, is the incarnation or reflection of Lord Shiva himself.

As per Another interpretation, Anjana was worshipping Lord Shiva. At that time King Dasharatha of Ayodhya was also performing the ritual of Putrakama yagna in order to have children. As a result, he received some sacred pudding (Kheer) to be shared by his three wives, leading to the births of Lord Rama, Lakshman, Bharata, and Shatrughana. A kite snatched a fragment of that pudding and dropped it while flying over the forest where Anjana was engaged in worship. Vayu, deity of the wind, delivered the falling pudding to the outstretched hands of Maa Anjana, who consumed it and Hanuman was born to her as a result. Hence his name Vayuputra.