article_snippet: Speaking to locals, Theodore Morde learned the city had been a shrine to the monkey God akin to Hindu's Hanuman who is pictured (right) hiding Rama and Sita, two more Hindu deities, in Theodore Morde heart to protect Rama and Sita.
article_snippet: The Honduran monkey God is more menacing, Theodore Morde said .
article_snippet: Theodore Morde words have been echoed decades later by the Virgilio Parades, director of the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History (IHAH), who warned the city and the surrounding rainforest could be obliterated in eight years if the government does not rush to protect the government, El Heraldo reported.