including the epic Mahabharata and various Puranas (a genre of Hindu literature). “The Hanuman Purana, the story of Hanuman’s birth, names Vayu, the god of the wind, as the monkey god’s ...

A nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka has been blamed on a monkey that intruded into a power station south of Colombo. Power is ...

Hindus revere them as a symbol of the monkey deity Hanuman, whose simian army helped rescue Sita, the god Rama's wife ... or Great Indian, Desert, some 2,100 wild langurs regularly leap into ...

The Jakhoo or Jakhu temple in Shimla is an ancient temple visited by several Hindu devotees all year round. Dedicated to the monkey God Hanuman, the temple hosts a big festival on Dushera every year.

Salman Khan is instantly loveable as Pawan, a devout Indian who worships the Hindu monkey god Hanuman. He cracks the audience up as he bows to every monkey he sees, dresses up as a woman and stays ...