It is believed that parents wish for a child and vow to dress them as 'langurs' (baboon) once their wish is granted. Pilgrims in large numbers throng to the Bada Hanuman temple to offer prayers situated in the Durgiana temple complex. A devotee named Taniya, hailing from Yamuna Nagar in Haryana especially visited Amritsar to offer prayers at Bada Hanuman Mandir. According to legend, after Lord Ram sent her wife Goddess Sita into exile at the behest of a washerman. Incidentally, when Lord Hanuman came to rescue the horse captured by Luv and Kush, the boys tied Lord Hanuman and made him sit there.

Source: dna September 30, 2019 00:45 UTC