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This picture circulating heavily on social networking websites claims to show the Hindu
God Hanumanji's Gadha (mace) which is supposedly discovered during an excavation in Sri Lanka.
Other versions said it is the world's largest Gada of Veer Hanuman at Gujarat. The claims
are not facts. Lord Hanuman is a famous Hindu deity known
for his strength, discipline and dedication. Gada is his weapon that he carries to destroy
evil. In the Hindu epic of Ramayana, Lord Hanuman fights with Ravana in Sri Lanka to
help his master Lord Rama get back his abducted wife Sita. Perhaps this is the reason why
the picture in question is associated with such a claim.
The Gada shown in picture is real, but as such it does not belong to Lord Hanuman, and
is not discovered in Sri Lanka or Gujarat for that matter. It actually shows a 45 feet
Gada 'made' for installation with a 125-foot-high Hanuman statue in the outskirts of Indore,
India - on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti (birthday) on 25 April 2013.