India, Oct. 29 -- Loud music. Chattering crowds. This evening in Hauz Khas Village could be any evening here. Indeed, it is always the same scene in the fashionable south Delhi destination. The place zealously pulsates to the moment, propelled by the youthful zest of its commerce. It is also timeless, because of its 14th century monuments.

While these HKV characteristics have been noted many times over, nobody yet has taken a serious note of the village's one more crucial aspect-the Shree Hanuman Mandir.

HKV has actually two temples. The Shiv Mandir is in a remote back-lane, and not easily trackable. It is the recently renovated temple of Hanuman ji that gives an assertive character to the village, chiefly because it is on the Main Stre...