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What is maruti Hanuman?

can anyone give me information about god hanuman.


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Hanuman (Sanskrit: हनुमत् Hanumat; nominative singular हनुमान् Hanum䁮), known also as 'Anjaneya', is one of the most important personalities in the epic, the Ramayana. He is a vanara who aided Lord Rama (an avatar of Vishnu) in rescuing His Consort, Sita, from the Rakshasa king Ravana.

Birth
According to a legend, Hanuman was born in the Treta Yuga, as the son of Anjana, a female Vanara. Anjana was actually an apsara or a celestial being, named Punjiksthala, who, due to a curse, was born on the earth as a female vanara. The curse was to be removed upon her giving birth to an incarnation of GOD Shiv. Anjana was the wife of Kesari, a strong vanara who once killed a mighty elephant that was troubling sages and hermits. He therefore got the name "Kesari", meaning lion, and is also called Kunjara S㼤ana, the elephant killer. The combination of Vanara and the celestial give Hanuman strength, divinity and quick wits – his main characteristics.

Along with Kesari, Anjana performed intense prayers to Lord Shiva to beget Him as her Child. Pleased with their devotion, Shiva granted them the boon they sought.[1]

At the time that Anjana was worshipping Lord Shiva, elsewhere, Dasaratha, the king of Ayodhya, was performing the Putrakama Yagna in order to have children. As a result, he received some sacred pudding, to be shared by his three wives, leading to the births of Lord Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna. By divine ordinance, a kite snatched a fragment of that pudding, and dropped it while flying over the forest where Anjana was engaged in worship. Vayu, the Hindu deity of the wind, delivered the falling pudding to the outstretched hands of Anjana, who consumed it. Hanuman was born to her as a result.[2]

According to Shiv mahapurana, Shiv was so infatuated by the appearance of lord Vishnu in his form of Mohini that his semen was released on the ground. This semen was established by the Saptarishis in the womb of Anjani, with the permission of Shiv himself. In this way was born the mighty Hanuman. Thus Hanuman got qualities of both Shiv and Vishnu.

Being Anjana's son, Hanuman is also called Anjaneya (pronounced Aanjan㨹a), which literally means "arising from Anjana".