How is Sree Hanuman (Maruti) Jayanti celebrated?
On this day, devotional discourses (kirtan) are held in the temple of Sree Hanuman (Maruti) before sunrise. The kirtan is concluded at sunrise when Sree Hanuman is born. Thereafter the idol of Sree Hanuman is ritualistically worshipped and a holy sacrament of sweets prepared from dry ginger (sunthwada) is distributed.