Lifting Kailash: The Encounter That Earned Him His Name

What did it take for Hanuman to earn the name by which millions worship him? This book explores the defining encounter—a young, hungry monkey lifting the sacred mountain Kailash under Ravana's very hands—that tradition holds gave the son of Vayu his immortal name. Across Valmiki, the Jain Paumachariya, the Tamil Kamba Ramayanam, and the Hanuman Chalisa, the story shifts: was the mountain lifted in play, in devotion, or in hunger? Was Ravana humiliated or honored? Why do some tellings make t...