Once during the time of war, Lord Rama and Lakshmana were captured by the Mahiravanara rakshas and his brother Ahiravana. The devils hold them captive in their palace at Patalpuri well known as Patala. Ram bhakth Hanuman reaches Patala looking for Rama, where the gates of the palace were safe guarded by the incredible creatures having a part reptile and a part Vanara form and were known as Makardhwaja. This incident brought about Hanuman’s Panchamukha form. There is also a story of Makardhwaja’s birth, according to which when Hanuman had extinguished his burning tail in the ocean, one of his sweat had fallen into the water of ocean which eventually became Makardhwaja and thus this creature perceives Hanuman as his father.
And for this reason when Hanuman introduces him to Makardhwaja reaching Patala, he asks for Hanuman’s blessings but ultimately fights to perform his duty. Hanuman defeats and imprisons him to gain entry but discovers that to kill Mahiravana, the five lamps burning in different directions should be simultaneously extinguished. Clever Hanuman assumes the Panchamukha or five faced form of Sri Varaha facing north, Sri Narasimha facing south, Sri Garuda facing west, Sri Hayagriva facing the sky and his own facing the east, and blows out the lamps rescuing Rama and Lakshmana.
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