Lord Hanuman is believed to be a sankat mochak. Significance of Remembering Lord Hanuman: But the most common name the people use to address the deity is Hanuman. Then there are some names given to him due to his deeds like Sankat Mochak (remover of all hurdles), Room Doot (messenger of Lord Rama) etc. Though he has several names like Bajrangi, Mahabali, Aanjaneya, Kesari Nandan, Pavanputra. Since that day, Maruti came to be known as ‘Hanuman’. Hence, Hanuman means ‘disfigured or broken jaw. Due to the strike of Indra’s, Maruti’s jaw was disfigured, so he got the name Hanuman, which is actually a combination of two words ‘Hanu + Man’, where ‘hanu’ means jaw and man means broken or disfigured.

Other devtaas also gave boons and divine powers to Maruti. Since the mistake was done by Indra, he gave a boon to Maruti that his body would become as strong as his ‘vajra’. This pacified Pavan dev, and he released the air back into the universe. Lord Shiva intervened and resuscitated Maruti.

He withdrew all air from the universe, causing immense discomfort to all living beings. His divine father, Pavan dev, (also known as Vayu dev) was very upset at this. The vajra hit Maruti on his jaw and he fell dead, on the earth, with a disfigured jaw. The scared Sun god approached Lord Indra, who struck at Maruti with his ‘vajra’ (thunderbolt). One day, while sitting near his window, he saw the sun and misunderstood it to be a sweet fruit. Since childhood, Maruti was very naughty and used to trouble everyone.

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