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VENERATED VANARAS BRAVE BALI

Bali was the king of
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Monkeys have been worshipped since time immemorial. memo iiiiriiake ss h e been orrshippp d siinnce timme immm Kishkinda, the kingdom of
Many temples are found to be resided by large groups of
monkeys and are presented with off erings. If a monkey the monkeys. Once he was
dies in or around a human settlement, they are often given fi ghting a demon in a cave.
a proper funeral by being buried in a sitting position and a The fi ght went on for many
Samadhi is built over them. days, and one day, Sugriva,
Abhiram Nayak, Class 2, KLE School, Rayapur, Dharwad; Madhura Pawar, Class his brother heard a loud
8, Army Public School, Shankar Vihar, New Delhi; Arnav Rajput, Class 6A, Salwan scream from the cave. He
Public School, Mayur Vihar; Phase-3, New Delhi; Indrani Kaushik, Class 7C,
Cambridge School, Noida; Varuni Raghav, Class 7, Bhavan Vidyalaya, Chandigarh thought that Bali had died
and he closed the cave with
HINDUISM a boulder. However, Bali returned angry many days

In Hinduism, monkeys are most commonly later and he took back the throne. He threw Sugriva
associated with the epic Ramayana and out of the kingdom.
Lord Hanuman. In the Ramayana, reference
is made to the ‘Vanara” which translates to SAGACIOUS
Illustration by:
forest dweller. The term is contested by various Vishwas Rawat, SUGRIVA
scholars and even the Jain Ramayana mentions Class 9, Raksha
Anusandhan
Vanaras as brave forest dwelling warriors. Vidyalaya, Sugriva was the younger
Pranit Banerjee, Class 7A, Arya Vidya Mandir, Bandra West, Dehradun brother of Bali. After being
Mumbai; Thrinath Reddy Maddikunta, Class 8A, Bhartiya thrown out of Kishkinda,
Vidya Bhavan’s Public School, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad; Ananya Yadav, Class 11, he took shelter in the
Sunbeam School Suncity, Varanasi; Simar Preet Singh, Class 6, NIMS International
School, Jaipur; Suhana Siwach, Class 9A, Delhi Public School, Sonepat; Astha Chitrakoot mountains
Chamoli, Class10, Raksha Anusandhan Vidyalaya, Dehradun where he met Lord Rama. He asked Lord Rama for
HEROIC HANUMAN his help to regain the throne as Bali had become very
cruel. Lord Rama helped him win against Bali and he
Lord Hanuman is a revered monkey god from
became the king of Kishkinda.
the epic of Ramayana. In the epic he led the
Joshika Kocherlakota, Class 5, Delhi Public School, Miyapur
Vanara sena (Monkey army) to fi ght against
the army of Ravana. Hanuman is also known FEMALE POWER
as Anjaniputra (son of Anjana) and Pavansuta
(son of wind). Hanuman played an integral Tara appears in the Kishkinda Kanda of the Ramayana
role in the epic of Ramayana. He was a loyal Illustration by: as the wife of Bali. Another important fi gure is Anjana,
Nimisha Prajapti, (Hanuman’s mother), who was an Apsara named
devotee of Rama, a great warrior and as the epic
Class 6, Doon
states ‘a perfect being’ with knowledge of all the International Punjikastala. However, she was cursed by Sage
shastras. He saved many lives and brought the Public School, Durvasa and thus was born as a Vanara princess.
Rishikesh
entire mountain to save the life of Lakshman.
Niranjana P.S., Class 10, Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Tattamangalam,
Palakkad; Ahad Ahmed Bagawan, Class 2, KLE School Rayapur, Dharwad; BRIDGE TO LANKA
Shaurya Jalan, Class 8, Anand Niketan International School, Ahmedabad;
Ahaan B. Chowdhury, Class 4G, Delhi Public School, Miyapur; Aadhya Agrawal, In the Ramayana, Vishwakarma - the architect of the
Class 2C, Global Indian International School, Whitefi eld, Bangalore; Vaibhavi
Sugandh, Class 8B, Centre Point School, Wardhaman Nagar, Nagpur; Sneha Gods had a son Nala who was a Vanara, who made
Choudhary, Class 8B, Global Indian International School, Ahmedabad the fl oating bridge to Lanka for Rama!
Tanvi Gupta, Class 8B, Model Academy, B.C. Road, Jammu; Joshika,
ACTIVITY: Class 6B, Gitanjali Devakul, Hyderabad
THE SUPER MONKEY STORY

ACTIVITY: WHERE WAS
Hanuman was said to be big and strong.
He could fl y and lift mountains. As a HANUMAN BORN?
child, he saw the Sun high up in the sky.
He gathered all his strength … There are a number of sites in India which are
claimed to be the birthplace of Hanuman. Find
Complete the story in your own words.
them out and list them.

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