हनुमान की भुजाएं

Hanuman Ki Bhujayien (हनुमान की भुजाएं) is a 2023 devotional non-film single released by T-Series (Gulshan Kumar / Bhushan Kumar) on 18 July 2023, sung by Vishal Mishra, composed by Payal Dev, with lyrics by Manoj Muntashir. It marked Vishal Mishra's first-ever release with T-Series and his first devotional song, following a run of romantic hits like Kesariya and Manjha — a deliberate genre pivot for the singer, who described wanting the track to instill 'a sense of tranquility' and invoke Hanuman's power, courage, and peace in listeners. The accompanying music video, directed by Lovesh Nagar, was built around a narrative of love and sacrifice rather than a straightforward performance video, giving the bhajan a cinematic, emotionally driven visual treatment unusual for the devotional genre.

Payal Dev's composition for Hanuman Ki Bhujayien favours a measured, meditative bhajan structure over the more upbeat, percussion-heavy style common to festival devotional hits — giving Vishal Mishra's vocal delivery room to carry the song's sense of calm reassurance rather than celebratory fervour. As Mishra's first devotional recording, the arrangement leans on his established emotive, slightly rasped vocal texture, applied here to a prayerful rather than romantic register.

Manoj Muntashir's lyrics center on Hanuman's 'bhujayien' (arms) as the song's core image — his physical strength reimagined as a source of protection and reassurance for the devotee, in keeping with Muntashir's established idiom of accessible, emotionally direct devotional writing (seen across his other Ram-Hanuman bhajans of the period, including Ram Aaye Hain Ayodhya and Ram Lala). The lyric works less through elaborate scriptural reference and more through a simple, repeated invocation of Hanuman's power as personal shelter.

As a non-film devotional single, Hanuman Ki Bhujayien carries no film narrative, but its music video — directed by Lovesh Nagar — was built around its own standalone story of love and sacrifice, a creative choice that set it apart from the largely performance-based visual style typical of Hindi devotional singles. Its release in July 2023 came at a time when T-Series was actively expanding its Ram-Hanuman devotional catalogue with Vishal Mishra as a lead voice, ahead of the wave of Ram Mandir-related devotional releases (including Ram Aaye Hain Ayodhya and Ram Lala) that followed around the January 2024 Ayodhya temple consecration.

Hanuman Ki Bhujayien holds a notable place in Vishal Mishra's discography as his first devotional recording and first T-Series collaboration, a pivot that positioned him as one of the label's go-to voices for the Ram-Hanuman devotional wave that intensified around the Ayodhya Ram Mandir consecration in early 2024. Its official T-Series video has drawn several million YouTube views across its video, audio and lyrical uploads, and it remains part of T-Series' recurring Hanuman devotional playlists.