I have written many times about the beautiful Langur Monkey residing around Arunachala. To find out more about the Langur go to this link here and to read about the lovely Anjaneya Temple off the Girivalam Roadway, check out this link here.
The Langur monkey is held in high regard because of its historic association to the God Rama, so was particularly enchanted with the following story and video about a special event at a Temple in North India between the God Rama and the Langur.
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The photographs below are of an event that occurred in April (2011) at the Kalika Mata Temple in Ratlam M.P.
During a recital of the Ramayana (story of Rama, Sita and Hanuman) a Langur monkey appeared. As Langurs are regarded throughout India as manifestations of the monkey God Hanuman, the crowds believed that the Langur had come to bless the function.
The Langur first went and sat near the singers and listened to their singing, then moved amongst the Swamis, blessing them and thereafter sat in front of the painting of Rama. He thereupon took prasad in front of the picture (sitting in the same way as the Monkey God in the painting) and after left quietly.
To see the whole lovely event, view the below video.
Video of Langur at Temple Function
Thankyou, Enjoyed the Langur monkey
ReplyDeleteposting....delightful.
That's truly wonderful. And the monkey is sitting just like Hanuman in the photograph. Amazing.
ReplyDeletewow ..truly amazing. thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful.It gives me faith and I thank you so much for sharing it.
ReplyDeletethis is so beautiful! I watch it all the time...is there more footage of this great event?
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful - I've watched it many times and find it so uplifting! Is there more footage of this exciting happening? I could watch the Langur with the swamis all day long...
ReplyDeleteits said by god hanuman ,he will be there where ram katha is devotedly recited .this is true indeed.jai ari ram,jai sri anjaneya
ReplyDeleteI'm just so happy to see this again! Only just today I was telling the story of how I learned of Arunachala through this story and how I long to visit. I have been a devotee of dear Hanuman for so long now.
ReplyDeleteHi Beth. You should delay no longer and come and spend some time at Arunachala. Lots of lovely monkeys around these parts. This morning while walking my doggies, went past a large group of rowdy Bonnet Macaque monkeys. Very sturdy, thick set monkeys not as beautiful or elegant as the Langur monkey in the video posting. In addition there are many Langur colonies living around the Hill.
ReplyDeleteThere is a very nice Hanuman Temple on the Arunachala girivalam pathway you would appreciate.
If you read the version of the Ramayana brought out by Gita Press, Gorakhpur, India and entitled Sri Ramacaritanasa, you will definitely end up visiting Arunachala. Very, very powerful. Many think it’s the most moving, beautiful version (with commentary) of the Ramayana. As you devoted to Hanuman, you would love it.