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Stupidity in Hinduism: a place where Lord Hanuman is a villain
by Guest Sun Jul 31, 2016 6:58 am
In this ecologically-sensitive zone, Hanuman is the bad guy. The villagers of Dronagiri haven’t forgiven him for destroying the right flank of the mountain (Parbat Dev) that they worship.
It is said that during the Treta Yug – the second of the world’s four epochs according to Hinduism – when Hanuman flew in to find the Sanjivani plant to revive his lord’s younger brother, the villagers of Dronagiri did not allow him passage.
Since time was running out and Lakshman was near death, Hanuman disguised himself as a bedraggled sadhu and begged an elderly woman in the village to help him locate the magic mountain where the herb grew.
The woman was sufficiently moved by his plea and pointed out the carefully covered up area to the intruder, who then proceeded to disfigure the mountain and carried away half of it along with the magic plant.
The old woman was subsequently banished from the village and all women were then barred from the ritual worship of the mountain.
Ecological preservation has been a way of life in Himalayan villages ever since humans settled there. Any deliberate degradation of the local topography, flora or fauna evokes extraordinary emotions.
Thus, since Hanuman dared destroy a hillside, temples in the area even today refuse to house an idol of the monkey god. At the formal celebration of Jagar in the village, when the spirit of the Dev Parbat (holy mountain) appears in the body of a medium (known as pashuwa) amid the chanting of prayers, the right arm of the medium, which is symbolic of the right flank of the Drongiri hill, hangs limp and lifeless till the spirit of the Dev Parbat departs.
At the annual staging of a three-day Ramlila in the area too, all references to Hanuman have been expunged for centuries.
Even today, when the state of Uttarakhand is dubbed Dev Bhumi, or the abode of the gods, and is enjoying a period of accelerated growth of temples and attracting vast crowds of the faithful, the Ramlila in this village still begins with Ram’s childhood, moves on to his wedding to Sita following a swayamvar and ends with his coronation.
The monkey god has still not been forgiven by the guardians of the holy mountain and of the life-enhancing herb that glows in the dark.
http://scroll.in/article/812802/the-sanjivani-quest-an-uttarakhand-village-hasnt-forgiven-hanuman-for-defacing-their-holy-mountain
It is said that during the Treta Yug – the second of the world’s four epochs according to Hinduism – when Hanuman flew in to find the Sanjivani plant to revive his lord’s younger brother, the villagers of Dronagiri did not allow him passage.
Since time was running out and Lakshman was near death, Hanuman disguised himself as a bedraggled sadhu and begged an elderly woman in the village to help him locate the magic mountain where the herb grew.
The woman was sufficiently moved by his plea and pointed out the carefully covered up area to the intruder, who then proceeded to disfigure the mountain and carried away half of it along with the magic plant.
The old woman was subsequently banished from the village and all women were then barred from the ritual worship of the mountain.
Ecological preservation has been a way of life in Himalayan villages ever since humans settled there. Any deliberate degradation of the local topography, flora or fauna evokes extraordinary emotions.
Thus, since Hanuman dared destroy a hillside, temples in the area even today refuse to house an idol of the monkey god. At the formal celebration of Jagar in the village, when the spirit of the Dev Parbat (holy mountain) appears in the body of a medium (known as pashuwa) amid the chanting of prayers, the right arm of the medium, which is symbolic of the right flank of the Drongiri hill, hangs limp and lifeless till the spirit of the Dev Parbat departs.
At the annual staging of a three-day Ramlila in the area too, all references to Hanuman have been expunged for centuries.
Even today, when the state of Uttarakhand is dubbed Dev Bhumi, or the abode of the gods, and is enjoying a period of accelerated growth of temples and attracting vast crowds of the faithful, the Ramlila in this village still begins with Ram’s childhood, moves on to his wedding to Sita following a swayamvar and ends with his coronation.
The monkey god has still not been forgiven by the guardians of the holy mountain and of the life-enhancing herb that glows in the dark.
http://scroll.in/article/812802/the-sanjivani-quest-an-uttarakhand-village-hasnt-forgiven-hanuman-for-defacing-their-holy-mountain
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