Hanuman to the Rescue

HANUMAN TO
THE RESCUE
HANUMAN BRINGS THE SANJEEVANI
J c n n ir
The route to your roots
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Script
Illustrations
Luis M.Fernandes
Editor
Ram WaeerkarAnantPai
Amar Chitra Katha Pvt’Ltd
© Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd, 1983, Reprinted July 2009, ISBN 81-89999-34-6
Published & Printed by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt. Ltd., 14 Marthanda, 4th floor,
84 Dr. Annie Besant Road, Mumbai 400 018. India
AYOPHYA ATTACKED LANKA, RAVANA,
THE KING OF LANKA, H/M SELF ROPE
O U T O N E PAY TO THE B A TTLEF/ELP .
IN THE COURSE OF THE PAY'S
HURLEP H/S
LAKSHM ANA.
...RAM A CAME FORW ARP ■•.
EVEN AS
LAKSHMANA
F E U . ...
...AA/P PROVE AWAY THE M IGHTY
RAKSHASA. .
a m a r ch itra katha
HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
B U T IT WOULI? TAKE
EIGH TEEN Y E A R S TO
GO TH ER E AN P
E BACK!
/
r I C O U LP PO
IT IN MUCH
L E S S TH AN
EIG H TEEN
V
H O U R S.
IT GROWS ON E ITH E R 1
SIPE O F T H E RIVER
WHICH FLOWS POWN
ONE OF T H E PEAKS OF I
M OUNT OANPHA- A
M APANA.
W rZ rS L Jf
I
LEAVE A T
once.
GO, HANUMAN. LOOK
FOR A GOLPEN
CREEPER WITH BLUE
FLOWERS.
C A S T A S IP E VOUR
A N X IE T IE S , LORP RAMA
LAKSHM ANA W ILL BE
k SAVE P .
.
a m ar chitra katha
AS HE FLEW ALO N G , S U P P O R TED 3 s/ TH E W /NP, R A M N A SAW H /M FROM LANKA.
HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
S EN P KALAN EMI
TO M E |
y E S , UNCLE
K A LA N E M I, I N E E P
t YOUR H E LP .
V
IF LAKSHMANA POES NOT
INHALE THE FUMES OF
THE HERB BEFORE PAY BREAK,
HE WILL PIE ANP TH EN RAMA
k TOO WILL PIE OF GRIEF.
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KALANEMI WAS /? FEARFUL MONSTER. W/TH
FOUR H EAPS, E/GHT EVES A N P E/GHT ARMS .
WAS ALSO A MAG IQ A N . [
~ HANUMAN IS> ON HIS WAV fO
MOUNT GANPhAMAPANA TO
GET THE VISHALVA-KARANI
FOR LAKSHMANA WHOM
L I W0UNPEP IN BATTLE lOQfiN.
<50 TO MOUNT GANPHA­
MAPANA ANP PESTROy
HANUMAN WITH yOUR
^
MAGIC.
A
PES TR O Y
HANUMAN ?
a m a r chitra katha
OH WHAT USE WOULP
THAT BE TO A PE/H? MAN?
FOR I SHALL SORELY MEET
MV PEATH AT HIS HANPS
IF I GO AFTER HI/M.
THERE'S A FEROCIOUS
CROCOPILE PROWLING
KALANEM! USEP HIS MAG/C
TRANSPORT HIMSELF TO M O UNT
GANPHAMAPANA. I— TT------------- / \ Y . J S
THERE HE TRANSFORMED HIMSELF INTO
A HERM IT ... f v ) I /
VI \ \ \
AHP SAT POWN OUTSIDE IT,
HE SHOULt? BE
COMING ALONG ANY
MOMENT NOW.
... CREATE? A BEAUTIFUL HERMITAGE
OUT OF THIN AIR ... I
---------
a mar chitra katho
GREETINGS
HOLY SIR.
WHAT GREAT GOOP
FORTUNE IT IS T O
HAVE A G U E S T !
I HAVE NO TIME FOR
FOOP ANP PRINK. I AM
LOOKING FOR A HERB
CALLEP VISHALYA— ^
KARANI.
^
GO ANP 0ATHE IN THAT
RIVER, MY CHILP ANP
THEN VOU CAN
j
REFRESH VOURSELF
_ON FRUITS.
A
VOUR Q U EST
CAN WAIT.
I AM IN GREAT
HASTE, SIR.
HOW CAN I SENP
YOU AWAY W ITH - ,
OU T FEEPING
YOU ? IF ONE FAILS
T O PERSUfcPE H IS ]
G U E S T T O EAT,
HE IS SURE TO
fl
B E DOOMED.
J
HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
GO ANP BATHE W fT. IF
YOU PO S O , I PROMISE
YOU WON’T FEEL THIRSTy
FOR A W H O L E S
^
LOOK AT TH E
CLEAR SPARKLING
WATER OF
T H A T RIVER.
NOW HE'S
PONE FOR
TH E CROCOPILE WILL
TEAR HIM TO PIECES.
ANP I SHALL GO TO
RAVANA ANP CLAIM
TO SPLASH A B O U T .
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ALL RIGHT
I'LL PO A S
YOU S A Y .
HAkUMAN W APEP IN TO
THE RtVER. ...
o m a r ch itra katha
IT M OVEP FORVUH&P SILEA/TLY A N P S M F T IX .
H E LUA/QEP FORW ARP . . .
HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
AMP FLUNG r r TO TH E SHORE
THEN MB POUNCE? ON IT AND
TORS O PEN IT S ER E A S T . P T
AS H E S TEP P ED AW AY FROM
it s
carcass—
i
W HAT N O W ?
I AM A CELESTIAL
PANCER.
.
ONCE WHEN I WAS
PANCING.MY FOOT
ACCIPENTALLY
TO U C H EP TH E
PERSON OF
INPRA.
B
om ar chitra kathn
HE WAS 6 0 ENRAGEP
TH A T HE TU R N EP ME
INTO A CROCOPILE...
ANP PECREEP T H A T
I SHOULP LIVE IN THIS
RIVER TILL I WAS
k
li be r a t e p By y
BEWARE OF TH E
FALSE HERM IT, O SON
OF TH E W INP !
a
you.
T H E FALSE
H E R M IT ?
KALANEM I MEANW HILE
WAS MAKING PLANS
FOR THE F U TU R E .
I M UST MAKE SURE I G E T
TH E BEST HALF OF LANKA
THE W ESTERN COAST
COULP G E T FLOOPEP. I'LL
TA K E* TH E # > . / . ,
EASTERN
PART.
r ANP i'l l t a k e
4 h e b e a u t if u l
q u e e n M ANPOPARI FOR
L. M Y S E LF.
AS FOR TH E WEALTH
IN TH E TR EA SUR E
H O U S E S EVERYTH ING
WILL BE PIVIPEP
EQUALLY. SO TOO TH E
H O R SES A N P T H E
E LEP H A N TS .
j
Y -V O U 'R E BACK*
ANP PREPARE
FOR ^OUR
DEATH,
THE EA R TH SHOOK
AS THE COMBATANTS
W RESTLED W ITH f
ONE AN O TH ER.
PLEASE
HAVE SOME
. FR U IT.
THROW ASIPE
YO U R FR U IT,
FALSE O N E ..
i'l l p o w h a t
T H E CRO CO PILE
^ C O U L P N 'T.
THEN HANUM AN FLU MG HIS
ADVER SAR Y TO THE GROUND
AND*.
amar chitra katha
COILING HIS TAIL ROUNP H/M
HURLEP H /M JN TO THE 3KY
IN LANKA , A T HAVANA'S COURT
IT ’5 KALANEMI \ HE HAS
FAILEP IN H IS M ISSIO N .
T H A T HERB M U S T N O T
w REACH LAK SH M AN A^
HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
RAVANA WAS THE MASTER. O F THE THREE
WORLPS A N P THE SUN, TO O , H A P TO OBEY
HIM . WHEN H E CAME —
LISTEN TO M E . V E S T E R [#W, I GRIEVOUSLY
W0UNPEP LAKSH/WANA.
m
n
a m a r ch itra katha
SOME TIM E LATER. t HANUM AN WHO WAS
SEARCHING FRANTICALLY FOR TH E H ERB, 14/AS
STARTLER TO S E E A R O S Y GLOW O N TH E
H O R IZO N . — ^
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W H A T ! is T H E
:
v '
I MUST STOP
HIM AT ONCE}
H E W HIPPED H IS H ORSES
R O U N P TOW ARDS TH E
W EST . P -------------------------
H H .
eaN REAPV
o X - to
r is e
f
7//£ Sd/A/ GOD'S CHARIO TEER WAS
S TA R TLE D TO S E E A H U G E M O N KEY
PRO PPING DOW N FROM TH E S K Y A N P
BARRING TH E R O A P TO TH E E A S T.
omar chitra katha
L IS T E N , O P E V A J AM
T H E SON OF TH E WIN P .
I HAVE COME TO G E T
A HERB WHICH COULD SW E
LAKSHMANA'S l i f e .
IF LAKSH/WANA
P IE S , RAMA T O O
WILL PIE OF A
BROKEN H EAR T.
P0 NOT RISE
BEFO RE
LAKSHM ANA
IS
TO HEALTH,
I BEG VO U.
MV
SYMPATHIES
ARE W ITH
R A M A ,0
SON O F
TH E WINP.
HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
AS TH E S U N LE A N E P
FOR W A R P •••
.. - HANUM AN C AU G H T
HIM IN A
EM BRACE.
THEN HE R US H ED BACK TO
GAN PHAM APANA . i----------777—
••• B U T I C A N 'T
SEE AN Y SUCH
PLANT H E R E .
A N P BEFO R E H E KNEW
W H A T W AS H APPENIN G
B U N P LE P HIM U N D E R
) N O T MUCH T IM E
L E F T . S6/SHENA SAIP
IT'S A G O LP EN
C R E EP ER W ITH
BLUE FLOWERS*—
„
A S HE WAS W ANDERING A R O U N P , H E
CAME ACROSS SO M E G A N PH A R VA S TH EY W ER E SIN G IN G A N P PANC/NG ^ H
TH E Y WILL KNOW
W H ER E I CAN FINP
1
TH E HERB.
A
a m a r ch itra katha
GOOD P EO P LE , PLEASE
TE L L M E W HERE I COULD
FIND T H E PLA N T CALLEP V I5 H A LV A -K flR ftm .,
THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT
BATTLE BETW EEN MV /WASTER,
RAMA ANP TH E LORD OF
LAN KA. RAM A’S B R O TH E R
LAKSHMANA LIES A T PEATH'S.
POOR—
S
AND W H AT
IS TH A T <3L0W1
AROUND HIS
A R M P IT ?
s
ill
WE HAVE NEVER
HEARD OF ANYONE
ILLEP R A M A . T H E
3NLY KIN GS W E
KNOW A R E OUR
OW N— T H E GREAT
HOO HOO A N P
HA HA • ^
W H AT IS HE
TA L K IN G
ABOUT P A
NOW T E L L U S WHY Y L E T GO
YOU HAVE REALLY I OF M E .
^ COME H ER E.
TH E GANDHARi/AS CROW P E P ROUND
HIM , TEASING HIM A N P PULLIN G
A T H IS HAIR.. HANUM AN M AS
E N R A G ED . P----------- —
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H E M A P E H IM S ELF AS HUGE A S A HILL
HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
gg A N P STRUCK BACK A T H IS
TO R M EN TO R S .
B U T H AN UM AN P U LLE P THEIR. BOW S
A WAY FROM T H E M ...
PANDEM ONIUM BROKE O U T AM ONG
TH E GANPHARVfiS A N P HAN UM AN
W OULD H AVE P E S TR O V ED TH EM
A LL IF H E H A P N O T S U D D E N LY
R E M E M B E R E D H IS R E A S O N FO R
B EIN G TH E R E .
I CAN’T WASTE
TIM E FIGHTING
THESE PEOPLE.
...A N P BROKE TH E M .
^
RAMA A N P
^
THE O T H E R S M U S T
BE W AITING
ANXIOU&LV FO R
MV R E TU R N ,
r-
a m o r c hit ra katha
HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
RAM A A N P EV ER YO N E
E L S E W ER E AM AZED TO
SEE H AN UM AN P ES C EN PW ITH A H U G E
M O U N TA IN .
L A T E R , W HEN H E H A P
LOW ERED H IS LO A D , A N P
EXPLAIN ED H IS D IFFICU LTY
IN FIN D IN G TH E H E R B ,
SUSH EN A H IM S E L F W E N T
U p W IT H H IM A N D GATHERED
TH E P LA N TS H E W A N TE D .
TH EN TH E
PHYSICIAN W E N T
BACK TO TH E
CAMP , M A D E A
P A S TE O U T O F
TH E H E R B S ...
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...A N D H E L D I T TO
LA K S H M A N A 'S N O S E .
a m a r ch itra katha
SO ONCE AG AIN ,
HANUMAN PICKEP
UP M O UN T
GANPHAM APANA--
HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
S E V E N H U G E U O N -F A C E P R AK SH ASA S
TOOK OFF A FTER . H A N U M A N . r-----------------
HE'LL FIND IT
DIFFICULT TO DEFEND
HIMSELF WITH THAT
/MOUNTAIN IN HIS
HAND. HA HA HA I
TH E S EV EN RAK& HA&AS S U R R O U N P E P H A N U M A N
L E T ’S S E E
HOW BR AVE
VOU AR E NOW
amar chilra katha
B U T A S T H E Y M O V E D C LO S ER , H E
S U D D E N LY S H O T O U T H tS TA IL . . .
...A N D B EFO R E TH EY KNEW W HAT
W AS H A P P EN IN G , C O ILE D I T R O U N D
SIX O F TH EM .
HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
a m a r ch itra katha
HE CRUSHEP SOME LEAVES
OF THE PLANT WHICH H A P
H EALEP - LAKSHM ANA ...
...P R O P P E P THEM
IN TO W A TE R ...
ONE B Y ONE THE
GANPHARVAS BEGAN
TO S IT UP.
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...A N P SPRIN KLEP TH E
W ATER OVER THE
G AN PHARVAS. I ~Z— ?
WHAT
H AP PEN EPP
WHERE
AM I ?
LOOK, THERE'S THE
MONKEY WHO ATTACK- A
EP CIS I
77/£ GANPHARVAS
R USHEP A T HANUMAN.
HANUM AN P IP N O T W A IT TO F IG H T
TH EM . ---------------------------------------------------
HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
AND SPED 3ACK TO LANKA
HIS COMRADES
R AISED A LOUD
CHEER. W HEN
THEY SAW HIM .
HANUMAN HAS
R ETU R N ED I
AS HANUMAN
SALUTED RAMA
WHAT IS THAT SHINING
UNDER YOUR ARM* SON
OF TH E WIND?
A
a m a r ch itra katha
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