Langur Ceremony in Amritsar on Navratras
To mark the beginning of the Navratra festival, the distinctive ten days "Langur Mela" has commenced at Amritsar's Bara Hanuman Temple. For ten days young boys as well as some older people will dress up as "langurs" and would go to the temple complex bare-footed every morning and evening with their families. Childless couples from far-flung places come to this annual mela to get blessings. Devotees pledge to dress their child as a "langoor", if their wish of having a child is fulfilled. Legend has it that devotees of Lord Hanuman wish for a male child and offer prayers in his grace for ten days by masquerading their son as Langoors on fulfillment of their wish. It is believed that this is the only temple where childless couples ask for a male child. These "langurs" in their red tunics and conical red caps embellished with gold and silver motifs are a sight to behold. Their faces are pasted with fuller's earth and their features highlighted. Each "langur" carries a tall silver or gold-coloured staff. The mela concludes on the day of Dussehra
Any thing impossible can be possible
असाध्य साधक स्वामिन असाध्य तव किंवद
राम दूत कृपा सिंधो मत्कार्यं साध्यप्रभो
" asAdhya sAdhaka swAmin asAdhyam tava kim vadha ?
rAma dhoota kripA sindhO madh kAryam sAdhaya prabhO !
Meaning:: Oh Lord, YOU are capable of doing the impossible;
is there any act which is not possible by YOU? Oh
Compassionate Lord, who did go for Sri rAmA as his emissary!
please fulfill my request NOW!
राम दूत कृपा सिंधो मत्कार्यं साध्यप्रभो
" asAdhya sAdhaka swAmin asAdhyam tava kim vadha ?
rAma dhoota kripA sindhO madh kAryam sAdhaya prabhO !
Meaning:: Oh Lord, YOU are capable of doing the impossible;
is there any act which is not possible by YOU? Oh
Compassionate Lord, who did go for Sri rAmA as his emissary!
please fulfill my request NOW!
Lord Hanuman Gayatri
अाञ्जणेय गायत्री
AUM aanjaneyaaya vid-mahe vaayu-putraayaya dheemahi
tanno hanumatah prachodayaat
We pray to the son of Goddess Anjani and the son of the "Wind"...
May Lord Hanuman lead our intellect towards intelligence and "knowing".
AUM aanjaneyaaya vid-mahe vaayu-putraayaya dheemahi
tanno hanumatah prachodayaat
We pray to the son of Goddess Anjani and the son of the "Wind"...
May Lord Hanuman lead our intellect towards intelligence and "knowing".
Saints Who Have Seen Hanuman In Modern Times
Hanuman is a Chiranjeevi, he is immortal. There have been numerous saints who have seen Hanuman in modern times, notably Tulsidas (16th century), Sri Ramdas Swami (17th century), and Raghavendra Swami (17th century). Many others have also testified to his presence wherever the Ramayana is read.
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