Lesser Known Facts About Hanumanji

Lord Hanuman had 5 Siblings

The names of the brothers of Lord Hanuman were Matiman, Shrutiman, Ketuman, Gatiman and Dhritiman respectively. Hanumanji was eldest amongst them.

“Hanuman” translates to “disfigured jaw”

In the Sanskrit language, “Hanu” means “jaw” and “mana” means “disfigured”.Once in childhood, Maruti ate Lord Surya as a fruit. It caused darkness in the entire world. Lord Indra became angry by the incident, he struck the child Maruti with a thunderbolt that broke his jaw and he became unconscious. After this incident, Hanuman lost his jaw forever.

Lord Hanuman had a son but no wife

Lord Hanuman was the father of a son. The name of Lord Hanuman’s son was “Makardhwaja”. After burning the whole Lanka with his tail, Hanuman dipped in the sea to cool off his body. It is said that his sweat was swallowed by the fish and thus Makardhwaja was conceived and born to a mighty fish of the same name.

Lord Hanuman’s name was “Bajrangbali”. But Why?

Once, seeing Goddess Sita applying sindoor, Lord Hanuman asked her “why does she apply it on her forehead”. To this Goddess Sita replied that “since Shri Ram is her husband, I apply sindoor to wish her long life.” Lord Hanuman thought that if Goddess Sita applied a little sindoor on her forehead, the age of Sri Ram can be prolonged, then if I apply it on the whole body, the life of Shri Ram will increase manifold. Thinking this, he applied sindoor all over his body. As sindoor is also called “Bajrang”, from that day onwards Lord Hanuman came to be called as “Bajrangbali”

Lord Hanuman and Bhima were both brothers

Lord Hanuman was born by the grace of Pawan Dev, but do you know that “Bhima” was also born by the grace of Pawan Dev? When Maharaja Pandu was living in the forest with his wife Kunti and Madri, then at the same time, Queen Kunti worshipped Pawan Dev with the desire to have a son, which resulted in the birth of “Bhima”. Thus both Lord Hanuman and “Bhima” were brothers.