Hyderabad is witnessing the biggest party taken on the Mahavir Hanuman Jayanti celebrations.
Despite heavy rains, hundreds of thousands of devotees participated in the procession which started from Gowaliguda and will conclude at Tadbund Hanuman Temple. Hanuman Jayanti is an important festival in Hinduism, also known as Hanuman Jayanti, Hanuman Janmotsav, Anjaneya Jayanti and Bajrang Bali Jayanti.
Lord Hanuman, son of mother Anjan and Kesari, is celebrated on this day as the birth anniversary of Maruti Nandan. Devotees visit temples, worship Lord Hanuman, clean places of worship, wear new clothes and observe fasts.
According to the Hindu calendar, Hanuman Jayanti falls on the full moon in the bright fortnight of the month of Chaitra. The celebrations include the day of fasting, visiting Hanuman Temple, offering sindoor (red sindur) to Lord Hanuman, reciting and praying Sundar Kand Marg
