Rama Navami (Hindi: राम नवमी) is a Hindu spring festival that celebrates the birthday of Rama, the seventh avatar of Vishnu. Rama is particularly important in the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. The festival celebrates the descent of Vishnu as the avatar of Rama, through his birth to King Dasharatha and Queen Kausalya in Ayodhya. The festival is part of spring (Vasanta) Navratri and falls on the ninth day of the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of Chaitra, the first month of the Hindu calendar.
This usually occurs during the Gregorian months of March or April each year.
Rama Navami, Rama's birthday
The day is marked by recitals of Rama Katha or reading of Rama stories, including the sacred Hindu epic Ramayana. Some Vaishnavite Hindus visit a temple while others pray at home, and some participate in bhajan or kirtan with music as part of puja and aarti.
Some devotees mark the event by taking miniature statues of baby Aries, washing and dressing them, then placing them in cradles. Charity events and community meals are also organized. The festival is an occasion for moral reflection for many Hindus. Some mark this day with vrata (fasting).
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