Hanuman ji’s mother Anjani was an apsara of Devlok, know why she was cursed to become a monkey

Hanuman Ji Mata Anjani Story: Many stories are mentioned in religious texts regarding Lord Hanuman. You must have heard the birth story of Hanuman ji and the stories related to his pastimes. Then whether it is swallowing the sun in a game as a fruit or the story related to troubling the sages. Due to the mischievousness of Hanuman ji, he was once cursed that he would forget all his powers and he would get freedom from this curse only when he was made to realize his powers by someone.

There is an incident related to this in the Ramayana period, in which Jamwant makes Hanuman ji realize his powers to find Mother Sita across the ocean in Lanka, due to which Hanuman ji again remembers his powers. Like Hanuman ji, his mother Anjani was also cursed by the sage due to mischievousness and fickleness, due to which she became a vanari from Devlok’s Apsara Punjikasthali.

Mother Anjani was very beautiful Apsara

According to a legend related to Mata Anjani, Hanuman ji’s mother Anjani was an Apsara in the assembly of Indra Dev in her previous birth. His name was Punjikasthala. She was extremely beautiful, but her nature was mischievous and fickle. Once, by his mischievousness, he accidentally interrupted the penance of a sage who was doing penance. According to the legend, Punjikasthala had thrown the fruit on the sage. This disturbed the penance of the sage and he became angry. The sage cursed Punjikasthala that when she would fall in love, she would turn into a monkey.

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Rishi gave such a blessing to Anjani

Punjikasthala apologized to the sage for his mistake, which melted the sage’s heart. The sage could not take back his curse, but he added something to his curse and said that your monkey form will also be extremely stunning and attractive. Along with this, the sage also blessed her to have a stunning son, due to whose fame and fame the name of Punjikasthala i.e. Mata Anjani would be known for ages. Due to the curse of the sage, Anjani fell in love with Kesari, the king of monkeys, and with the blessings of the sage, she got a son like Veer Hanuman as a part of Lord Shiva.

according to another legend

According to another legend related to mother Anjani becoming a monkey, Hanuman ji’s mother Anjani was an Apsara of Devlok in her previous birth, her name was Punjikasthali. Once sage Durvasa had gone to the meeting of Indra for some work. During that time, Punjikasthali was repeatedly trying to attract the attention of the gathering towards herself. Because of this sage Durvasa got angry and he cursed Punjikasthali to become a monkey in the next birth. However, later sage Durvasa showed mercy and told Punjikasthali that the eleventh Rudra incarnation of Lord Shiva would also be born from your womb. Due to the curse of sage Durvasa, Punjikasthali was born next in the house of a monkey named Viraj and she was married to monkey King Kesari.

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