The Pran Pratishtha ceremony of the Hanuman statue was held from August 15 to ... The rituals, led by Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji and a large group of Vedic priests and scholars, were described ...

“Freestanding Hanuman images are also very, very common, and they are like large statues,” often standing more than 100 feet tall, Vemsani says. Hanuman embodies a unique duality, “because ...