[a hundred and ten] Shaivites claim him as an avatar of Shiva.[21] Hanuman's identification as among the eleven Rudras may well mirror a Shaiva sectarian assert on an increasingly well known god, suggesting his kinship with, and as a result likely control over, a category of magnificent and ambivalent deities. https://adelaidehindutemple.blogspot.com/2025/01/hanuman-mandirs-centers-of-devotion-and.html