Sri Rama Navami is an important festival for Hindu People. According to Hindu calendar, on the ninth day of Shukla Paksha of Chaitra month, Lord Rama was born in Ayodhya to King Dasharatha and Queen Kausalya. The birthday of Lord Rama is celebrated as the Rama Navami. It also marks the end of the ninth day of Chaitra Navaratri. Lord Sri Rama, born on the auspicious day of Ram Navami, is the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu. This festival is also known as Chaitra Masa Suklapaksha Navami or Shri Rama Navratra.
Rama Navami is celebrated on the ninth day of the Chaitra month (during Shukla Paksha). Every year Rama Navami date is different because it is calculated according to Hindu calendar. On the day of Ram navami, devotees organize the Akhand Paath of Ramacharitamanas at home, perform many rituals like Havan, Rama Puja, and sing Bhajans and Kirtan. Many devotees visit to Ram temples and offer garland and Prasad there.
Ram Navami festival’s rituals are performed in temples and houses. Icons of infant type of Lord Sri Rama are set in the supports, in the houses and temples by the devotees. People start the day and serenade vedic mantras offering products of the soil, blooms and sustenance things to Lord Sri Rama. Toward the evening, a coconut sheathed in a hooded shroud put in a support.
Rama Navami Festival Celebration & Events
Many traditions and rituals have been followed to worship Lord Sri Rama in different parts of India during Ram Navami celebrations. It is celebrated with huge devotion in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, as it is the birthplace of the lord Ram.
In Ayodhya, people move with rath yatra, which has been carried in the streets. In the chariot procession, four people take the get up of Lord Rama, his wife Sita, brother Lakshmana and Hanuman. The whole environment becomes delightful and gleesome. Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu is another sacred and popular place to visit. Here devotes take a bath and then visit the temple for prayer to get the blessing of Lord Rama.
Lord Vishnu took the manifestation of human as Rama and ventures down on Earth to destroy underhanded that predominated for a drawn out stretch of time. Each individual of India tries to be as ideal as Lord Rama. The saying Rama implies honesty. Rama and Dharma mean the same.
During the time of these nine days, the people read the Ramayana and complete it. The divine and the consecrated mantras of Sri Rama are droned. The people who can't read the entire Ramayana listen to the chanting in the temples and houses.
In the evenings, special gatherings are held where the teachings of Lord Rama and his ideals are preached. The people quick on all the nine days and expend just drain and products of the soil. The ninth day watches grand celebration. The temples are decently decorated and a grand worship of Lord Rama is sorted out.
Recipes (South Indian)
Recipe (North Indian)
2018 Rama Navami Puja Muhurat, Timing
Rama Navami Puja Muhuratam – 11:14 am to 01:40 pm
Duration - 2 Hours 25 Mins
Rama Navami Madhyahna Moment – 12:27 pm
Navami Tithi Starts – 08:02 am on 25 March 2018
Navami Tithi Ends – 05:54 am on 26 March 2018
Rama Moola Mantra
ॐ श्री रामाय नमः॥
Om Shri Ramaya Namah॥
Rama Taraka Mantra
श्री राम जय राम जय जय राम॥
Shri Rama Jaya Rama Jaya Jaya Rama॥
Rama Gayatri Mantra
ॐ दाशरथये विद्महे सीतावल्लभाय धीमहि,
तन्नो राम प्रचोदयात्॥
Om Dasharathaye Vidmahe Sitavallabhaya Dhimahi,
Tanno Rama Prachodayat॥
Rama Meditation Mantra
ॐ आपदामपहर्तारम् दाताराम् सर्वसम्पदाम्।
लोकाभिरामम् श्रीरामम् भूयो-भूयो नमाम्यहम्॥
Om Apadamapahartaram Dataram Sarvasampadam।
Lokabhiramam Shriramam Bhuyo-Bhuyo Namamyaham॥
Ramaya ramabhadraya ramacandraya vedhase।
raghunathaya nathaya sitayaḥ pataye namaḥ॥2॥
रामाय रामभद्राय रामचन्द्राय वेधसे।
रघुनाथाय नाथाय सीतायाः पतये नमः॥२॥
