After dipping his tail in the sea to put off
the fire , Hanuman travellled back and
bowed before Rama. He gave Sita's ring to
Rama and told what happened there.
Rama, Lakshmana, Hanuman, and Sugriva,
discussed about the course of action to free
Sita. They then decided to wage a war
with the Lanka king Ravana .
To cross the
ocean Hanuman
with the other
Varanas built a
bridge called
Sethu Bandhan.
Satellite images of this bridge is available on the
internet. Rama, Lakshmana with the vanaras crossed this
bridge and reached Lanka .
They fought with Ravana with all might. Ravana's
brother , Vibishana who was not happy with
Ravana's actions took sides with Rama and helped
Rama in the war.
During this lengthy battle with Ravana, Lakshmana
fainted. To regain back his conscious, it was told that
the herb in Sanjeevini Hills could save
Lakshmana.
Hanuman , flew to the
Hill and carried the
hill to Lanka to save
Lakshmana.
After Lakshmana
recovered the fight went
on.
Finally Rama killed Ravana and took back Sita.
Rama handed over Lanka to Vibeeshana and made
him the King of Lanka.
By this time 14 long years are over and
it was time for Rama, Sita and Lakshmana to
return to Ayodhya.
As soon as they reached Ayodhya Bharatha
handed the Kingdom to Rama.
On an auspicious day Pattabishekam took place .
Rama and Sita were crowned as King and Queen .
All lived happily. Hanuman decided to stay
back with Rama.
Hanuman , being a Chiranjeevi( one who has no death) loves to hear the praises of Rama.
It is believed that wherever Ramayana is told or in a Ramayan discouse , Hanuman (in an invisible form) comes there and sits in the audience and hear Ramayana.
Whoever tells Ramayana and also who hears Ramayana story is sure to get the blessings of Hanuman.
So, we are all sure to get His Blessings.
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Once there was a king called Hiranyakashipu. His son is Prahalad.Prahalad was a great devotee of Lord Narayana. He always prays Vishnu and keeps chanting " Hari Hari "
Hiranyakashipu, the king did penance and God granted him a boon that he should not be killed by any human being, nor by any weapon, nor in the morning/afternoon/ night and also not inside/outside the palace . So with this boon the king became a cruel king .
He started telling his people that there is no other God other than himself. So everone should pray him only.
Son, Prahalad himself , refused to obey his dad in this regard.
Inspite of his dad's orders Prahalad continued his prayers for Lord Vishnu.
At this , the king got angry and he ordered his son ,Prahalad to be killled by elephants.
But Lord Vishnu saved Prahalad from elephants. Then the King threw him into the sea and even threw him into the fire.
But Lord Vishnu being happy with the prayers of Prahalad , saved him from all these dangers.
Looking at all this the king was very angry with his son.
One evening Prahalad was praying Lord Vishnu , chanting " Hari Hari ".
On hearing this , the King dashed into the room. He was very angry and shouted at Prahalad "My son. I am repeatedly telling you not to worship Vishnu but you keep
on chanting "Hari, Hari ". Can you tell me where your Hari is?"
Immediately, Prahald replied politely, " Father, Hari is everywhere. I cannot show a place where Hari is not present."
At this the king got still more angry and shouted at him pointing to a pillar in the palace "Do you mean to say that your Hari is inside this pillar?"
Prompt came the reply, " YES ".
Immediately the King asked his servants to bring his " gatha " ( a weapon used for fighting). The servants rushed for it and gave it to him.
The king started banging the pillar with the "gatha".
At one point , the pillar broke open and out came Lord Vishnu, but not in his usual form
He came in the form of " Narasimha " , with a human body and a lion's face and with long nails .
The King was stunned . Lord Narasimha immediately barged upon the king and took him in his hands and moved towards the gateway .
He sat right there on the gateway ,put the king on the lap and with his long nails tore the king and killed him . That was the end of king Hiranyakashipu.
God also took care that his granted boon was not overlooked.
That was the reason why Lord Vishnu took the unique form of Lord Narasimha (Neither a human being nor an animal).
He killed him with his nails without using any weapon .
Also the king was killed neither inside nor outside but on the steps of the gateway , and also only in the evening thus fulfilling the boon.
Because of his faith in God Prahalad attained a special place in Vaikunt (Abode Of Lord Vishnu) after his death.
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Once upon a time
there was a king
called Uttanapada.
He had two queens Sunithi and Surichi .
Sunithi's son is Dhruva. Surichi's son is Uttama.
One day both Dhruva and Uttama were playing in the
palace .
Suddenly , both of them ran towards the king to sit on
his lap. And Dhruva was almost on the father's lap. From
some where, queen Surichi appeared and dragged
Dhruva away and allowed her son Uttama to sit on
the king's lap.
Dhruva felt hurt, and as all small boys do, he ran
towards his mother Sunithi .Weeping and wiping away his
tears, he told her the whole story.
Sunithi , a helpless queen advised Dhruva to pray to
God. She said " Dhruva, You can always tell God your
worries and wishes. If your wishes are just , then God
will definitely fulfill your wishes". She also asked him to
do penance, so that God will hear him.
At that time sage Narada came there .
He taught him how to do penance and tell prayers.
He taught him the mantra,"OM NAMO NARAYANAYA ".
Narada also asked Dhruva to go to the forest Madhuvana,
situated on the banks of river Yamuna , to do penance.
Dhruva with all perseverence started his penance . He
was very serious about this penance that he was not
aware of the months rolling by.
He faced all the troubles , a forest could give to a
small boy , but still continued with his penance. He was
keen on getting his father's love .
The hot Sun , the wet rains, biting insects ,nothing
disturbed him . Penance went on and on.......
Pleased with his penance Lord Vishnu came before
Dhruva . As soon as he saw Lord Vishnu, he became
happy. God asked him about his wish. He
forgot about his wish to sit on his father's lap. Instead
he said ," I will be happy if you are always with me."
At this God was pleased and granted his wish. Lord
Vishnu also granted that Dhruva willl be a north polar
star after his life.
So with all happiness he rushed to the palace.
There with his mother Sunithi , his father , the king
embraced him with great affection.
All of them were happy.
Even now we can see Dhruva as a star in the North
pole.
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