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Hanuman is called Vayuputra as he was the son of Vayu, the wind god. His mother is Anjani. In Ramayana he is one of the central characters. He is a devotee of Lord Rama in it.

Initially, Hanuman has been described as an ordinary monkey in Ramayana, but later he plays a huge role. After the abduction of Sita he flew across the oceans to locate Sita. He is described as having good knowledge of the three Vedas. He was the devotee of Lord Rama.

It is called gada. It is actually a club or blunt mace and made of wood or metal. It has a spherical head that is mounted on a shaft.

Hanuman was part human and part monkey. In Ramayana he is depicted as a man but having the face of a money along with a long tail.

Hindus believe Lord Hanuman still lives in the Kali Yuga and he resides in the jungles of Himalayas.

Suvarchala was the wife of Lord Hanuman. She was the daughter of Surya Dev, who was the guru of Hanuman. Surya Dev taught Vedas and everything to Hanuman except Nava Vyakarans as only a married person can learn it. Suvarchala Devi was created from the rays of Sun and marriage was fixed with...

No Lord Shiva is not an avatar of Lord Vishnu. In fact, Lord Vishnu came out from the left body of Lord Shiva.

Lord Shiva came first. Lord Vishnu came from the left body of Lord Shiva. Lord Brahma came from Lord Vishnu. According to Vishnu Purana a lotus flower sprouted from the navel of Lord Vishnu and from there came Lord Brahma.

Lord Vishnu is an important god of Vaishnaism. He is considered as the preserver and protects the order of things. He takes avatars (incarnation) on earth to fight demons. His wife is Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth.

Ved Vyasa has written the Vishnu Puran, which is one of the 18 Mahapuranas. It contains about 7,000 verses centering primarily around Lord Vishnu and his avatars. It represents goodness and purity.

Gayatri was the wife of Lord Vishwakarma, who was the architect engineer of the universe. In Satya Yuga the Lord Vishwakarma built Svarga, in Dwapara Yuga he had built Lanka, and in the Treta Yuga he built Dwarka. It is also said he buit the deities of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and...

Sati was the first consort of Lord Shiva. In Hinduism, she is considered as the goddess of marital felicity and longevity. She was daughter of Daksha and so was called as Daksayani too.

Parvati is the goddess of fertility, beauty, love, marriage, children and devotion. She is also called as Gauri and Uma. In Hinduism, she is considered as the Mother Goddess. She was the wife of Lord Shiva.

Lord Shiva had blue face and blue throat. His body was white. He had a third eye and a cobra necklace. His forehead had three horizontal lines made of vibhuti. He dressed in animal skin.

Goddess Lakshmi was the wife of Lord Vishnu. She is considered as the Goddess of wealth in Hinduism. She is shakti of Vishnu. She forms Tridevi with Parvati and Saraswati. She is also addressed as Sri or Thirumagal.

Rig Veda has a mention of Gayatri Mantra, which is also called as Savitar Mantra as it is dedicated to sun deity Savitr. It is said Vishvamitra created the Gayatri Mantra.

Atharva Veda or Atharvaveda is the fourth Veda and is compiled of 730 hymns and 6,000 mantras. It is also called as Veda of magical formulas as it incorporates formulas for magic too.

Yajur Veda or Yajurveda means knowledge or worship. It contains prose mantras for worship rituals like actions performed before yajna fire. It is grouped into two - Krishna and Shukla.

Kuru King of Hastinapura, Shantanu, was the father of Bhisma. He was the great-grandfather of the Kauravas and Pandavas. He was a mighty warrior too.

Under the Niyoga practice Vyasa was asked to impregnate widow Ambika, who closed her eyes seeing the scary appearance of his during the union and hence Dhritarashtra was born blind.