Hanuman Chalisa Lecture by Br. Aniruth Chaithanya at Madurai

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A Spiritual Discourse on "Hanuman Chalisa" by Br. Aniruth Chaithanya, is being organised from August 24 to August 29, 2010, at Sri Odai Karuppanaswami Koil, Chelliah Colony, Chokkanathapuram, at the outskirts of Madurai.

Sri Hanuman Chalisa

Hanuman Chalisa (Hindi: हनुमान चालीसा "Forty chaupais on Hanuman") is a devotional song based on Lord Hanuman as the model devotee. It is a poem written by Tulsidas in the Awadhi language, and is his best known Hindu text apart from the Ramacharitamanasa.

Hanuman (also known as Anjaneya and Maruti) is a Hindu deity and an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Sanskrit epic Ramayana. Lord Hanuman is a brahmachari and millions recite the” Chalisa” to seek blessings of Shree Hanuman.

Prominence

Hanuman Chalisa has gained enormous popularity among the modern-day Hindus. Many of them recite it as a prayer every day or every week, (generally on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays).

It is believed that the person who chants the Hanuman Chalisa 100 times for 100 days will become free from the cycle of birth and death and enjoys the highest bliss, as stated in verse 38.

Each of the 40 Verses of the Hanuman Chalisa convey one particular form of blessing, depending on the Bhav or Shraddha (faith) of the devotee, the fruits of the particular verse are attained.