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1) Tale of two Hanumans - 2 sets of tweets about interesting yet unknown legacy of Hinduism in 2 diff. parts of the world. #HanumanJayanti 
2)Sun Wukong - Legendary monkey hero of Chinese legend whose character is directly inspired from Hanuman himself. #HanumanJayanti
3) One can get some idea of close resemblance between two from the fact that Just like Hanuman, Sun Wukong is also immortal & son of wind.
4) Similarly other exploits of Sun Wukong like threatening Jade Emperor of heaven in childhood & subsequently receiving blessings from him-
5)-transforming into various shapes & sizes, entering into mouth of a female monster named Rakshasi & then changing back to his true form,-
6) stealing fruits & uprooting the tree in grove of immortal Chen yuan, making giant leaps in the sky & so on has close resemblance
7)-with Hanuman's exploits as anyone with cursory reading of Ramayana can tell! Not only that description of Sun Wukong's eyes, his tail,
8)-his residence in forest all have remarkable similarities with analogus descriptions of Valmiki Ramayana. In words of noted sinologists
.@davidfrawleyved @kaushkrahul @ChakraNews @SV99999 9) Tales of Hanuman reached China probably through Central Asia along with Chinese Buddhist pilgrims like Xuangzang who traveled to India or
.@davidfrawleyved @kaushkrahul @ChakraNews @SV99999 10) via Hindu traders to China along the maritime trade routes of South East Asia.
.@davidfrawleyved @kaushkrahul @ChakraNews @SV99999 11) Acco. to legend Sun Wukong protected famous 7th century Chinese pilgrim Hieun Tsang (/Xuan Zang) during his journey towards India.
12)Who knows perhaps it was indeed Chiranjivi lord Hanuman himself who was guarding Xuangzang on his pilgrim towards the land of Dharma..🙂🙏🏼
13)While Sun Wukong is legacy of our vibrant ancient past, tiny island of Trinidad on north coast of South America has other story to tell..
14) Here in Trinidad stands the tallest Murti of #Hanuman outside India, benevolently looking after the Hindus of tiny Caribbean islands.
15)But ofcourse it didn't happen out of nowhere. It has a long history of struggle and hardships behind it. In 19th Century with expansion..
16) of western colonization many poor Indians were taken as bonded laborers to work in Sugar plantations of such far away islands for meager
17)income. But Despite facing extreme hardship in far away lands ~150 yrs ago, they kept alive their religion alive.
18)Today they are prosperous & thriving. In 2010 Kamla Persad-Bissessar became the first lady PM of Trinidad & Tobago for instance
19) However they haven't forgotten their roots. Giant Murti of Hanuman at Trinidad is perhaps the apt tribute to all those brave Indians
20) who ventured into those far away islands of the world with spirit of Hinduism in their heart and kept it alive for all those years. 🙏🏼
21) Unfortunately we, their brethren in their ancestral homeland have almost forgotten them. 😔 How I wish I would have learned atleast few
22) sentences about them in school textbooks 😔! None the less Atleast on occasion of #Hanumanjayanti lets honor the people who have built
23) that majestic Murti of Hanuman acting like a beacon of Hinduism in far away lands...🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
