Veer Hanuman

By Renu Saran

God is the encouraging force behind every success. Faith in God makes one self-confident and brave. Here, in this series, we present the interesting tales related to Gods and Goddesses of India written in simple and easy language with beautiful illustrations. They will definitely increase the knowledge of a child regarding the great Indian culture, beliefs and rituals.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Diamond Books
• Release date: Oct 27, 2020
• ISBN: 9798128819628

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Anjana Gets a Curse

Once upon a time, there lived a female monkey named Anjana. She was actually a beautiful fairy from the celestial world. She was born as a female monkey due to a curse.

One day, Anjana, the beautiful fairy, was playing as a child on earth. She saw a sage meditating with his legs folded in a funny pose, like a monkey.

Ha Ha Ha! What a funny sight it is! Anjana laughed.

She threw some fruits at the sage to disturb him. But the poor fairy didn’t know that the sage was no ordinary sage. He was a very powerful sage. He was in the monkey posture to complete his Tapasya (penance). The fruits thrown by Anjana disturbed his penance. He opened his eyes in great annoyance.

Who are you? And why did you disturb me? shouted the sage.

Anjana laughed aloud. The sage got furious. He cursed the fairy.

You will become a monkey in your next birth, cursed the sage.

Hearing the curse, Anjana was terrified. She was in tears.

O holy sage! Please forgive me. I am a fairy. Please don’t take away the beauty from me. I’ll die, Anjana cried inconsolably.

The sage felt sorry for the fairy.

"Listen, you have got the punishment for your foolishness. Unfortunately, it is not possible for me to reverse the curse. But if you go to earth and live there for sometime as a monkey and give birth to an incarnation of Lord Shiva, the curse will be removed. You will be a beautiful fairy