Hanuman

Hanuman

Hanuman was born to Anjana, a female vanara, and Kesari, a male vanara, near Hampi, Karnataka on the banks of River Pampa according to the writer of the Ramayana mahakavya, Valmiki. His mother was an apsara who was born on Earth as a female vanara due to a curse. She would be redeemed from this curse on her giving birth to an incarnation of Lord Shiva, who is also known as Rudra, and endowed with the Supreme Power of exalted devotion to Bhagwan Hari. Hanuman is endowed with 28 transcendental divine opulences, with perfection in each.