i hanuman together with ganesha and garuda, i am one of the three major hindu deities i have animalistic physical features. i am loved all over india as the monkey-god who is so faithfully served by Rama , vishnu’s the seventh avatar, in his war against ravana, the demon king. i am the major deity in north india where i am regarded as a propitiator against all evil. temples to me have been erected all over that part of the country in each small villages and towns having their own shrine  to keep the populace within the ambit of his able and benign prowess.

    myth has it that i was one of the many creatures of the creators of the gods created to assist  vishnu in his recarnation as rama. me the monkey god, i am the son of vayu, the wind god , and anjana,an apsara who was turned into a monkey by a curse . dasaratha, the  king of ayodhya, a kingdom in the north india at that time, did not have a son and was advised by the holy men to perform a cemeony which he asked the gods to favor hi with one.he did so, with great pomp and piety, and was bequethed with a cake of divine origin that was instructed to share among his three queens. he did so but his second queen kaikeyi, was allotted her share last and took affront at his late treatment.

    going back to the birth of me, it is found that the crow who stole the cake after kaikeyi threw it away flew with it into the forest. there it came upon anjana, in her cursed monkey form, performing worship. vayu, the wind god, was also fortuitously there at the moment and, seeing the crow flying past with the pice of cake in his beak, he blew an a strong wind immediately swept the pice of cake out of the crow’s beak and into anjana’s hands. vayu went away but was immediately replaced by shiva, who instructed anjana to eat the cake. she did so and conceived me, who is thus considered to be the son of vayu.

    i  am the monkey god,continue to roam the three realms, having granted immortality, ready always to bless those who propitiate  in hope of succor from the evils of the world.

                                         sincerely,

                                             the monkey god hanuman