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Hinduism >
Festival Meanings & Significance
 Ramayana
Week (Rama Navami )
| Eight days after
Yugadi or on the ninth day of the bright half of the month
of Chaitra, falls the birthday of Sri Rama, one of the two
most popular and highly revered incarnations of Lord Vishnu.
Rama is said to have been born (manifested) at noon. |
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| The
Ramanavami vrata is nitya or compulsory for the devotees
of Rama. One of the highly eulogized vrata in the Hindu
calendar, it can destroy one’s sins and also confer even
mukti or liberation. |
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the vrata commences from the previous night with fasting.
On the Navami day also the votary has to continue fasting,
perform worship and homa to Rama in an diety installed in
a specially prepared shrine, do japa (repeated recitations)
of Ramamantra and keep vigil in the night. |
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| People
assemble in very large numbers in Rama temples and enthusiastically
participate in the Ramanavami festivities. Parayana or ceremonial
recitation of the Ramayana (usually spread over the nine
days from Yugadi), arranging religio-cultural programmes
like Hari-katha (discourse on the epic stories accompanied
with music) and classical music or devotional songs are
quite common. |
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| Celebrations
at places associated with Sri Rama, like Ayodhya in Uttar
Pradesh and Ramesvaram in Tamil Nadu attract thousands of
devotees. |
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