But, Hanuman, a half-monkey, half-human Hindu deity, is an exception. “ It doesn’t matter what denomination [you belong to], what part of the subcontinent … that you come from ...

She said the bigger mela has brought bigger challenges to the foundation, but Supriyananda believes those challenges are similar to the ones Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god, faces in the scriptures.

This story appears in the August 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. In India monkey business takes on a whole new meaning. Hanuman langurs are trained in New Delhi to scare off aggressive ...

The golden snub-nosed monkey is one of five related species—remnants of once widespread populations whose ranges were squeezed by climate change after the last ice age. Enduring groups ...

Hanuman had accomplished a singular feat in leaping across the Indian Ocean from Rameshwaram to Ravan’s Lanka. He was clear ...

‘The monkey has returned. He held the nation’s electricity trip in his hands.’ As a shocked people heard the news that Hanuman had returned to wreak his unfinished vengeance on a Lanka, he had set ...

A monkey called Hanuman became Rama's friend, Hanuman was no ordinary monkey, he could fly over mountains and across oceans. After searching for many days and nights, Hanuman finally found Sita ...