Lucknow : Hanuman is an ardent devotee of Lord Rama and one of the central characters in the various versions of the epic Ramayana found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
As one of the Chiranjivi, he is also mentioned in several other texts, such as the Mahabharata, the various Puranas and some Jain, Buddhist, and Sikh texts.
Several later texts also present him as an incarnation of Shiva.
Hanuman is the son of Anjana and Kesari and is also son of the wind-god Vayu, who according to several stories, played a role in his birth
Most people counter the rumours about Lord Hanuman’s marriage by talking about his accidentally conceived son. The story goes that Lord Hanuman was resting by the bank of a river as he was really tired.
A drop of his sweat fell into the river and was swallowed by a crocodile. But the potent drop of sweat turned into Hanuman’s son and was mothered by the crocodile.
