Hanuman Jayanti is a festival about celebrating the birth of Hanuman as per Hindu calendar. Devotees visit Hanuman temple and apply sindoor on the Hanuman idol to their foreheads. It is celebrated in the month of Chaitra, Vaishakha or Dhanu depending on the state in India one belongs to. In Maharashtra Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated on purnima (full moon day) in the Hindu month of Chaitra. In Tamil Nadu and Kerala it is celebrated in Margazhi/Dhanu month on a new moon day. In Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Hanuman Jayanthi is celebrated by starting Diksha of 41 days from Chaitra Purnima and finishing it on the tenth day of Krishna Paksha in the month of Vaishaka.