Mumbai, April 2 Actress Nimrat Kaur marked the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti on Thursday by revisiting a deeply personal and spiritual experience from her time in Varanasi, where she walked through the historic lanes, steeped in devotion and tradition.
Nimrat shared a series of images from her visit on Instagram, which included the ghats, temples, and even akhadas (wrestling schools). In some of the pictures, she is seen posing with wrestlers.
In the caption, Nimrat shared that her journey began at the revered Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple, believed to be the place where Tulsidas had a divine vision of Lord Hanuman. From there, she made her way to Tulsi Ghat, described as one of the most peaceful and spiritually charged places she has ever experienced.
She wrote: “On Hanuman Jayanti today, I want to share an invaluable experience in Kashi, walking through the history of what we pray to. What began at Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple, where Sant Tulsidas, as legend goes, had a vision of Hanuman ji, led me to visit his home in Tulsi Ghat. One of the most peaceful, energetically charged places I’ve ever set foot in.”
Calling it an “invaluable experience,” Nimrat recalled how the visit also led her to discover the historic Tulsi Akhara, dating back to the mid-1500s.
“As a bonus discovery, alongside his home, I came upon the incredible Tulsi Akhara founded sometime in the mid 1500s.”
She was struck by the unique blend of devotion and discipline followed by the wrestlers there, who dedicate their lives to Lord Hanuman while maintaining rigorous physical training.
“The wrestlers here, with monk-like devotion to their patron deity, Hanuman, follow a life path of spiritual discipline and physical strength. Their daily practice typically starts with Boondi ke laddoo (a personal favorite that I was lucky to have this morning) and then practicing in dough-like mud from the banks of the Ganga, treated with alum, mustard oil, and turmeric,” she said.
Reflecting on the spiritual legacy of the place, Nimrat mentioned that Goswami Tulsidas composed the Ramcharitmanas and the Hanuman Chalisa on the same sacred soil, adding to its unmatched aura of history and faith.
“Their guru, in one of the pictures, an 78-year-old man with silver hair, eagle-gazed, displayed the fitness and flexibility of a 20-year-old athlete, embodying… ‘Naase rog hare sab peera, japat nirantar hanumant bira’,” she wrote.
“Goswami Tulsidas wrote the Ram Charit Manas and composed the Hanuman Chalisa, here, on this divine soil.”
She concluded by saying: “The combination of history, legend, tradition, sacrifice, devotion, and discipline here is simply unmatched. I am most blessed to have walked in those silent, sunlit corridors, absorbing some of that ancient light and dust. Happy Hanuman Jayanti to all.”