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Lord Hanuman is worshipped all over India with various names like Anjaneya, Anjaneyarji, Maruti, Bajrang Bali, Mahavir, Pavan Kumar. He was born to the Wind God and Anjana Devi. He is one of the seven chiranjeevis (immortal ones). The Sun God Surya is considered as his Guru.The Valmiki Ramayana has a seperate section called Sundara Kandam or Sundar kand, which describes in detail the leelas of Lord Anjaneyar is his search for Sita , across the sea. The Sundara Kandam comprises 2885 verses and the word Sundara means beautiful. The esoteric significance of the sundara kandam is important. The ocean represents the ocean of samsara. Lord Rama represents the paramatma and Sita Devi represents the jivatma. Anjaneyar represents the Guru or Divine teacher.

• The face towards the East is “Shree Anjaneyaswami Mukha” which removes all blemishes of sin and confers purity of mind
• The South facing mukha of “Shree Marasimhaswami” removes fear of enemies and confers victory
• The West facing mukha of “Shree Mahaviragarudaswami” drives away evil spells, black magic influences and removes all poisonous effects in one’s body
• The North facing mukha of “Shree Lakshmi Varahamurthyswami” wards off the troubles caused by bad influences of the planets and confers all prosperity Ashta Aishwarya
• The face looking upwards of “Shree Hayagreevaswami” confers knowledge, victory, progeny and mukthi