Lord Hanuman, Hindu God

Lord Hanuman is described as the monkey God. He was the son of Anjana and is believed to be an avatar of the supreme Lord Shiva.Lord Hanuman is the son of Vayu, the Hindu God of Wind. He was a devotee of Lord Rama.
Lord Hanuman plays an important role in Ramayana, the Indian epic. Hanuman is considered to be an avatar (incarnation) of Lord Shiva.

Birth of Lord Hanuman
Hanuman was born in the Treta Yuga. There are several stories in regard to his birth. Anjana was an apsara named Punjikasthala, who was cursed to be born on earth as a female monkey.
Legends of Lord Hanuman
Hanuman is also considered as the incarnation of Lord Shiva. It is said that when Ravana once tried to enter Shiva’s abode in Himalayas, Nandi stopped him and Ravana mocked him as monkey, Nandi cursed Ravana that he will meet his end due to Monkey.

Lord Hanuman in Ramayana
Meeting of Hanuman with Rama is an important episode in the epic "Ramayana", as from then on Hanuman was a great follower of Rama. At the latter part of the 14 years exile, Rama and his brother Lakshmana were in search for Sita, who had been abducted by the Rakshasa emperor Ravana.

They came near the mountain Rishyamukha where Sugriva and his followers along with Hanuman were hiding from his elder brother Bali, who had cast him out of the kingdom and kept his wife captive.

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