The God of Death, Yama, blessed him with the boons of health and immunity from weapons, thus securing him completely from death. Surya Dev gave him two blessings of yoga “laghima” and “garima”, using which he can attain the smallest or the largest form respectively. The Lord of Fire, Agni Dev, blessed him with the protection of burning by fire. Lord Varuna blessed him with the boon of immunity from water. Shiva blessed with the boons of longevity, scriptural wisdom, and the ability to cross the ocean, and also gave a band that would protect him for life. He also blessed with the power of inducing fear in enemies, destroying fear in friends, and to be able to change his form to travel anywhere. When all the humans and animals began to struggle for air, Lord Indra withdrew the effect of his thunderbolt, and revived Hanuman, and was also blessed with multiple boons, by the devas, to pacify the Wind God.īrahma provided Hanuman with the irrevocable Brahma’s curse, which ensures no one would be able to kill him with any weapon in war. This incident enraged Vayu Dev, his father figure, who sucked out all the air from the universe. Hanuman fell back to the earth, unconscious, and also damaged his chin, leaving a permanent mark on it. This angered Lord Indra, who struck Hanuman with a thunderbolt. Rahu, a Vedic planet, was also pursuing the Sun at that time for a scheduled eclipse, and Hanuman thrashed him in order to reach the Sun first. He is believed to have mistaken the sun to be a ripe and mango, and he pursued it in order to eat it. Hanuman was a very adventurous and restless child. Hanuman’s childhood tales are a source of great entertainment, told by grandmothers to the children. Hence, Hanuman is popularly known as Vayuputra. This pudding was delivered to her while performing her prayers to Shiva, who steered the Vayu God’s energy into the womb of Anjana. The same pudding was had by the three wives of King Dasharatha, leading to the birth of Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna. Other mythological accounts often called Hanuman, as the son of The God of Wind, Vayu Dev, due to the popular story of the Wind God delivering a sacred pudding to Anjana, which originated from King Dasharatha’s ritual of Putrakama Yagya. The child was Hanuman himself, due to which he is also interpreted as the reflection or shadow of Lord Shiva himself. She and her husband had performed 12 years of penance and intense prayers due to which, Shiva granted them a child, as a boon. His mother Anjana, was an apsara of the heavens and had descended to the earth as human, due to a curse. Hanuman was the son of Kesari, a vanar, and the grandson of Brihaspati, the king of Sumeru. Valmiki’s Ramayana has detailed accounts of the stories that lead to the development of Hanuman, who is worshiped as the Lord with immense strength in the Hindu mythology. However, Hanuman has far more qualities and virtues, which play a major role in shaping his character. Hanuman is known to be the embodiment of infinite power and strength.