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On this most auspicious festival day our esteemed teacher Vasant Lad, BAM&S, MASc, founder and director of The Ayurvedic Institute, traveled to the Neem Karoli Baba Ashram & Hanuman temple in Taos, New Mexico, to record this message for you, our dear community! Hanuman Janmotsav is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of the god Hanuman, who is venerated throughout India and Nepal on this day. Lord Hanuman is celebrated for his ability to attain victory against evil and provide protection for his followers. Devotees of Lord Hanuman celebrate his presence on this day and seek his protection and blessings. They travel to temples just like the one Vasant Lad visited in Taos, to worship Lord Hanuman and present offerings. In return, devotees receive Prasad from the temple priests in the forms of sweets, flowers, coconuts, tilak, sacred ash (udi) and Ganga jal (holy water). Hanuman Janmotsav is one of the largest festivals in India, as Hanuman is an ardent devotee of Lord Ram
