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Tulsidas and the Hanuman Chalisa

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The Chalisa shows Hanuman with a flag in hand, long before he sits on Arjuna's.

Tulsidas, 16th century, is said to have met Hanuman face to face and, from those visions, wrote the Ramcharitmanas in Awadhi; the Chalisa describes Hanuman golden-hued with mace and flag. The flag motif matches his later seat on Arjuna's flag.

Who: Tulsidas, Hanuman

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Hanuman blocks Bhima's path to the lotuses trivia-about

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• devotional · Wikipedia: Hanuman

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