What is your belief of Hanumanji’s birth date? What is the birth place of Hanumanji? Where are the main temples of Hanumanji?
In my opinion, Sri Hanumanji was not an ordinary mortal being; He was Parbrahma Himself. Parbrahma cannot be bound by anything since by name and in form He is ‘Shunya’ i.e. He can appear in any form whenever He wants to.
He was neither born, nor did He die. He is far beyond the cycle of birth and death. He is free of disease and any sad emotions. He is so divine that a low human being like me cannot even talk about Him. All the Puranas have different dates and different Leela’s about His birth – which proves once again that we cannot definitely define Baba’s birth-date.
One of the beliefs is that He was born on Tuesday, the Purnima of Chaitra Sulka , during the auspicious time of sunrise. Sadashiv was born as the Kshtrej son of Mata Anjana and Kesri Kumar to help Sri Vishnu.
The following are the different dates from the different Puranas or scriptures:
• Vaikhanas scriptures – Sravan Nakshatra, Purnima of Sravan month
• Valmiki’s Ramayana – Swati Nakshatra in the month of Aswin
• Anand Ramayana and Vrehjyotish – Ekadasi of Chaitra Shukla, Magha Nakshatra, Saturday
• Skandh Purana – Chaitra Shukla Purnima, Tuesday
• Agust Samhita – Kartika Krishna Chaturdashi, Tuesday, Mesh Lagna
• Surya Samhita - Kartika Krishna Chaturdashi, Saturday, Swati Nakshatra
• Vayu Purana – Ashvin Krishna Chaturdashi, Swati Nakshatra, Mesh Lagna
• In the Vayu Purana, the shloka
“Aashwinasth seethe pakshe swatyam bhoume marutih
Mesh lagnenjnagarbhat swayam jato har shivah”
meaning that, Bhagwan Shiv appeared from the womb of Mata Anjana on the Chaturdashi day of Swati Nakshatra in the month of Aswin, Krishna paksh of Mesh Lagna.
In almost all of India, Sri Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated on Chaitra Purnima or Kartika Chaturdashi. However, from the point of view of sentimental devotees, all auspicious days are good enough to celebrate the birth of their Aradhya or Isht Deva.
Sri Hanumanji was born in Hampi, Karnataka in the caves near Pampa Sarovar.It has also been suggested that He was born in the Ranchi district of Bihar in the caves found about four and a half kms from the village of Anjan. Even today there are idols of Mata Anjana and Hanumanji.
Some of the famous temples of Sri Hanumanji are:
Northern India:
1. “Sri Devi Sahay Hanuman Mandir” near Ferozpur Station
2. “Sri Hanuman Gadhi” in Ayodhya
3. “Sri Vyaas Hanumanji” in Raghuvir Nagar in Ayodhya
4. “Sri GyanMudra Hanumanji” in The Hanuman Baag in Avadh
5. “Sri Sankot Mochan Hanumanji” near Hindu University in Varanasi
6. “Sri Bal Swaroop Hanumanji” on Tulsi Ghat in Varanasi
7. “Sri Hanuman Mandir” on Hanuman Ghat in Varanasi
8. “Sri Bal Swaroop Hanumanji” near Hanuman Fatak in Varanasi
9. “Dhautpaap Teerth” about 15 kms from Nemisharanya
10. In the Fort of Prayag, there is a Mandir of Bhu-shayni (or reclined pose) Hanumanji
11. “Sri Hanuman Dhara Mandir” on the hills of Chitrakoot
12. “Sri Panki Ke Hanumanji” near Panki Vidyut Kendra in Kanpur
13. “Sri Hanumanji”at Aliganj in Lucknow
14. “Sri Hanumanji”at Aminabad in Lucknow
15. About 4.5 kms from the village of Anjan in Ranchi, Bihar
16. Sitamadhi in Muzafarpur district of Bihar
17. “Sri Jabreshwar Hanumanji” in Bada Bazaar of Calcutta
18. “Sri Panchmukhi Hanuman” at Rajkatra opposite the Howrah Bridge
19. “Sri Sankat Mochan Mandir” on Harison Road, Sri Hanuman Street
20. “Sri Hanuman Mandir” in Manipur
21. “Sri Hanumanji”at Chungajaan, Nagaland
22. “Fateh Hanuman” at Jaganath Puri
23. “Vir Hanuman” at Jaganath Puri
24. “Tapasavi Hanuman” at Jaganath Puri
25. “Barabhai Hanuman” at Jaganath Puri
26. “Bedi Hanuman” at Jaganath Puri
27. “Udanta Hanuman” at Jaganath Puri
28. “Sidhh Hanuman” at Indradumna Sarovar in Jaganath Puri
29. “Kana Pata Hanuman” at Jaganath Puri
30. “Surang Hanuman” at Jaganath Puri
31. “Siruli Mahavir Mandir” at Jaganath Puri
32. “Sri Hanuman Mandir” at Kelkar Marg in Mumbai
33. “Sri Hanuman Mandir” at Pickett Road in Mumbai
34. “Sri Snkat Mochan Hanumanji” at Malad in Mumbai
35. “Sri Albele Hanumanji” in Matunga, Mumbai
36. “Dulay Maruti” in Pune
37. “Sonya Maruti” at Laxmi Marg in Pune
38. “Sri Jardeshwar Sring ke Maruti” on the Pune-Satara Marg
39. “Sri Maruti Mandir” of Devnath Math in Surji Anjan Village of Vidarbha
40. “Sri Maruti Mandir” in the village of Aste near Snagli, Vidarbha
41. “Sri Maal Maruti” in Belgav in Vidarbha district of Maharashtra
42. “Sri Maruti Mandir” in Morshi Taluka, Pulsa village in Vidarbha district
43. “Sri Maruti” near Pune at the village of Bhalad
44. “Sri Maruti” near Rahimat Pur at the Saap village
45. “Sri Maruti” on the Alandi Marg, in the village of Khed.
