Five Face Fear by NaveenNBhat on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Series: The Monkey from Kishkindha
Date: 13 January 2019

This is the last of the The Monkey from Kishkindha trilogy. The story in the Ramayana goes:
"During the war, when Ravana’s son Indrajit is killed, Ravana calls his brother Ahiravana for help. Saint Agastya informs Rama's camp about a possible ambush during the night. Hanuman is put on guard and told not to let anyone into the room where Rama and Lakshmana are. Ahiravana makes several attempts at entering the room but all of them are thwarted by Hanuman. Finally, Ahiravana takes the form of Vibhishana and Hanuman lets him enter. Ahiravan quickly enters and abducts the sleeping Rama and Lakshmana. When Hanuman finds he has been tricked by Ahiravana, he vows to find Rama and Lakshmana, and kill Ahiravana. Hanuman enters Patala (the Underworld), where he finds Ahiravana's massive palace, that is heavily guarded on all sides. Hanuman makes his way into the palace and learns that the only way to kill Ahiravana is to extinguish the 5 different lamps in different directions. This is when Hanuman assumes this form here. As per most texts, Hanuman assumes the form of 5 faces and carries 10 weapons. The five faces here are those of monkey facing east, lion facing south, eagle facing west, wild boar facing north, and horse facing upwards. He assumes this form to blow out the 5 lamps, and then kill Ahiravana. Throughout the saga, both Rama and Lakshmana are rendered unconscious by a demonic spell."