New Delhi: Lord Hanuman has been chosen as the mascot of the 25th Asian Athletics Championships in Thailand for his “speed, strength, courage, and wisdom”.

Organisers of the games, the Asian Athletics Association, said Hanuman shows these “extraordinary abilities in (Lord) Rama’s service”, but his greatest strength was his “loyalty and devotion”.…

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