Hanuman Chalisha English

Hanuman is one of the most popular devotees of God in Hinduism.

Hanuman is the most powerful, intellectual, devotional, courageous, biggest follower of Lord Rama and intelligent personality amongst divine beings.

His most famous act was to lead an army of monkeys to fight the King Ravana with Lord Ram.

The poem is called a chalisa as it contains forty (chalisa in Hindi) verses. The structure of the poem is extremely simple and rhythmic, thus making it all the more popular. The poem praises Lord Hanuman’s strength and kindness and recounts the Lord’s great deeds.

Hanuman Chalisa is hindi poem written by Mahakavi Goswami Tulsidas in the sixteenth century in praise of Lord Hanuman. It is very popular among a lot of modern hindus and is generally recited on Tuesdays (considered a holy day for devotees of Lord Hanuman).