02-14-2006, 03:27 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-ben_ami+Feb 14 2006, 08:38 AM-->QUOTE(ben_ami @ Feb 14 2006, 08:38 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-Sunder+Feb 14 2006, 08:10 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sunder @ Feb 14 2006, 08:10 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->There is no record (as far as I know) of Hanuman being worshipped before or even during period depicted in Valmiki Ramayana. The worship should have begun later on.
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so the "monkey god" that foreigners (western media) keep making fun of... is actually not vedic at all ?? they make it sound like its almost central to hinduism to worship monkeys, and judging by the ammount and fervour of hamumaan/bajrang bali worship, its tough to blame them.
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Remember according to Ramayana, Hanumanji was asked by SriRama to stay till the end of Kaliyuga to provide help to His distressed dharmic devotees. As Kaliyuga proceeds and problems of general people multiplies, worship of Hanumanji also increases. Further, scriptures state that Hanumanji is in fact a Rudra-avatar (Shiva-Avatar). Shivji along with SriVishnu are main pillars of Hindu religion.
Particularly, since Bhakti period, most of the saints have propagated spiritual sankirtan as a way to salvation in the iron age (Kaliyuga). Ramayana is read and followed by a big part of India.
It is also said that whenever there is a Ramakatha (discourse taking place), Hanumanji personally manifests to listen to the discourse. It is a common practice to keep a clean and elevated seat vacant during a Ramkatha for Hanumanji to manifest, ofcourse everything depends upon the faith of believers.
This is also one of the reasons that violence against monkeys is not tolerated in most parts of India.
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so the "monkey god" that foreigners (western media) keep making fun of... is actually not vedic at all ?? they make it sound like its almost central to hinduism to worship monkeys, and judging by the ammount and fervour of hamumaan/bajrang bali worship, its tough to blame them.
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Remember according to Ramayana, Hanumanji was asked by SriRama to stay till the end of Kaliyuga to provide help to His distressed dharmic devotees. As Kaliyuga proceeds and problems of general people multiplies, worship of Hanumanji also increases. Further, scriptures state that Hanumanji is in fact a Rudra-avatar (Shiva-Avatar). Shivji along with SriVishnu are main pillars of Hindu religion.
Particularly, since Bhakti period, most of the saints have propagated spiritual sankirtan as a way to salvation in the iron age (Kaliyuga). Ramayana is read and followed by a big part of India.
It is also said that whenever there is a Ramakatha (discourse taking place), Hanumanji personally manifests to listen to the discourse. It is a common practice to keep a clean and elevated seat vacant during a Ramkatha for Hanumanji to manifest, ofcourse everything depends upon the faith of believers.
This is also one of the reasons that violence against monkeys is not tolerated in most parts of India.