over thousands of years these Grail angers have entered a preternatural
mystical covenant with the human world you could say they did it to ensure
their survival the secret lies in their unofficial name in northwestern India
between the cities of Jud poor and OD poor lies the Aravalli range
the region is inhabited by the revoir e an ancient nomadic tribes strongly
connected to their old traditions and customs
the robberies relationship with animals is deeply rooted in their faith
here in the secretive dev Giri temple the faithful pray to Shiva one of the
most important of the Hindu gods Shiva is believed to be the father of Hanuman
the deity with the head of a monkey
these grey Langer's usually live in the wild staying high up on the rocks in
order to avoid their main enemy the Indian leopard
but during the dry season food supplies for the Langer's become scarce
they are forced to descend from their rocky home to the villages in the valley
and flock around temples and shrines
in an ancient tradition the Langer's are also known as Hanuman monkeys and
considered sacred
they are especially revered at shrines to their name service local villagers
come to the temple every afternoon to honor the God and to feed the languor
with the monsoon a distant memory during dry season in the region they greatly
depend on these handouts for part of the year
the Hanuman monkeys stay in the village coexisting peaceably with humans until
at the start of July clouds start to reappear in the Indian skies
the monsoon has arrived submerging the countryside beneath heavy rains for
roughly the next two months
like the farmers and Shepherds the langurs enjoy the rejuvenated landscape
full of lush trees and bushes to feed they're strictly vegetarian diet
and it's here that these sacred animals will stay until next year when they'll
come back to claim the attention of the faithful once again