hanuman is described in ramayana as a strong wise and devoted person. he is seen with rama, sita and laxman, humbly holding the feet of sri rama.in temples we see him holding gada(mace) in left and sanjivini mountain in his right hand. almost all the moorthy's are in sindoor colour, an orange shaded . there is a simple and a good story behind it.
once hanuman saw mata sita putting sindoor on her forehead. hanuman asked for the reason behind this. she said for the long life of husband. (it is our indian traditionthat married women put sindoor on their forehead ). hanuman thought, if a pinch of sindoor will give longivity of life to their husband ,then i will put more so that it will further increase the longivity. so he applied the sindoor through out his body. he went to Sri Ram darbar like that. everybody started laughing at him. after listening to the bhakti towards him, Sri ram gave him a boom that ON TUESDAYS WHO EVER OFFERS SINDOOR IN HANUMAN JI TEMPLE THEIR WISES WILL BE FULFILLED. since then it has become a tradition to offer sindoor to hanuman.
sindoor is mixed in til oil and applied to god . this is also called CHOLA CHADANA. people take back little sindoor from hanuman temple as prasad.
seek hanuman ji's blessings and be happy.
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