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Dronagiri: villagers who withhold Hanuman

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A village boycotts the hero of the epic for stealing its mountain.

Dronagiri village (above 3,500 m, Chamoli, in the Nanda Devi Biosphere) is held to be the Sanjeevani mountain's home. Local folklore says the sacred mountain was deformed and some locals do not worship Hanuman or include him in Dussehra Ram-Leela. In 2016 Uttarakhand set aside Rs 25 crore to search for the herb; CSIR found no plant confirmable as sanjeevani.

Who: Hanuman

Bound to

Hanuman fetches the herbs: Valmiki's account located-at

Places: Dronagiri, Chamoli

Where this comes from

• folk-oral · Trek Up India on Pangarchulla folklore
• commentary · Down To Earth Mountains of Sanjeevani
• commentary · Wikipedia Sanjivani (Hinduism)

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