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At Grand Bassin, an Indian holy place, in Mauritius Island visitors will see temples and the different gods the Indian pray. Lot of the Indian gods have animals’ forms, as the picture above showing a god with a monkey head but a human body. Hanuman is the name of the monkey god is considered to live eternally which mean for the Indians, Chiranjeevi. The monkey god has various powers and skills and is strong. The monkey god is also known under several other names as Maruthi, Aanjaneyalu, Anumandhayya, Siriya Thiruvadi. The monkey had only only which was serving his Lord rama with devotion and humility. Hanuman was not only considered Chiranjeevi but also a yogi, a gnani, a brahmachari and was also wise. Hanuman was the son of Anjana Devi, who was a celestial maiden and was born as woman monkey, she was married to Kesari. While the King Dasaratha was doing a yagna praying, a pot of pudding (payasam) was yielded from the fire, the prasada was shared between his wives and was born, Lakshmana, Shatrugana, Rama and Bharatha. Some of this pudding carried by Vayu Deva, the Lord of Winds and fell in Anjana Devi’s hands and she gave birth to a son, Hanuman. As the Lord is responsible of what happened he is also considered to be Hanuman’s father. He had an important in the Ramayana and was the devotee of Rama. Rama was the seventh avatara of Vishnu and the king of ancient India.
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