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Figure of Hinduism
Hanuman — devotion with a body.
The monkey god whose strength is loyalty: Rama's servant, the Ramayana's most beloved figure, invoked for courage and protection.
Names & titlesMaruti, Bajrangbali
DomainStrength, devotion, protection
RelationsSon of the wind; servant of Rama
Depicted asMonkey-bodied with mace in hand — often tearing open his chest to show Rama enthroned within
StandingAmong the most worshipped deities of the north; Tuesdays are his
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held
Hanuman is arguably the most-worshipped deity in everyday India, with more roadside shrines than any other figure, and the reason is his position rather than his power: he is a devotee, not a lord, and worshipping him is worshipping devotion itself. Tuesday and Saturday are his days; wrestlers, laborers, and students claim him. The Hanuman Chalisa, a forty-verse hymn from the sixteenth century, is probably the single most recited Hindu text on earth.
The same ground, other faiths
claims that share this one's ideas
Taking refuge.
Buddhism · rite
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The yakshis.
Jainism
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The Shechinah — the presence that went into exile.
Judaism
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The image is permitted — and the church fought a civil war to decide it.
Christianity · core tenet
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Khadija — who believed first.
Islam
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Remember the Name.
Sikhism · core tenet
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