Editing Hanuman (section)

==Lineage==
Though Hanuman is described to be celibate in the [[Ramayana]] and most of the Puranas, according to some regional sources, Hanuman married Suvarchala, the daughter of [[Surya]] (Sun-God).<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.speakingtree.in/allslides/hanuman-was-married-to-whom/45648| title=Wives Of Hanuman| access-date=3 January 2020| archive-date=3 January 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103061233/https://www.speakingtree.in/allslides/hanuman-was-married-to-whom/45648| url-status=live}}</ref>

However, once Hanuman was flying above the seas to go to [[Lanka]], a drop of his sweat fell in the mouth of a crocodile, which eventually turned into a baby. The monkey baby was delivered by the crocodile, who was soon retrieved by [[Ahiravana]], and raised by him, named [[Makardhwaja]], and made the guard of the gates of Patala, the former's kingdom. One day, Hanuman, when going to save [[Rama]] and [[Lakshmana]] from Ahiravana, faced Makardhwaja and defeated him in combat. Later, after knowing the reality and after saving him, he made his son the king of Patala.

The [[Jethwa]] clan claims to be a descendant of Makardhwaja, and, according to them, he had a son named Modh-dhwaja, who in turn had a son named Jeth-dhwaja, hence the name of the clan.