हनुमान्
Hanuman
Strength in service — capacity that waits to be asked
Who is this?
Trimurti
Devi
Family of Shiva
Avatara
Vedic
Regional & planetary
Darshan
Vahana · vehicle
None — he is his own conveyance—
He flies. Traditions note this as the point: the devotee who needs no vehicle is the one carrying everyone else.
Ayudha · weapons & attributes
Gadaगदा
The mace — blunt, direct strength with nothing subtle about it.
Dronagiriद्रोणगिरि
The whole mountain, lifted because he could not identify the single herb. Told as honesty about one's own limits.
Forms · रूप
Veer Hanumanवीर हनुमान
The warrior form, mace raised.
Dasa Hanumanदास हनुमान
The servant form, hands folded before Rama.
Panchamukhiपञ्चमुखी
Five faces — Hanuman, Narasimha, Garuda, Varaha and Hayagriva.
What the tradition does
- Temples
- Sankat Mochan, Varanasi · Hanuman Garhi, Ayodhya · Salasar Balaji · Namakkal
- Festivals
- Hanuman Jayanti · Tuesdays and Saturdays
- Mantra
- ॐ हनुमते नमः — Om Hanumate Namah
- Scriptures
- Valmiki Ramayana (Sundarakanda) · Hanuman Chalisa · Ramcharitmanas
The reasoning
His stories repeatedly turn on him forgetting his own strength until reminded — a pointed way of teaching that capacity without purpose stays dormant.
Hanuman Jayanti falls on different dates in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and the north; birth accounts differ across Puranas.
Related
The symbol opens a question
You have seen Hanuman's forms. But why are these symbols used in worship?
Follow the thread from sacred image to tradition, scripture, reasoning and living practice.