Festival
Ram Navami
The birth of Shri Ram at Ayodhya — the ninth day of Chaitra Navratri.
Significance
Ram Navami celebrates the midday birth of Shri Ram, seventh avatar of Vishnu, to King Dasharatha and Queen Kaushalya of Ayodhya. It closes Chaitra Navratri, joining the worship of the Goddess to the arrival of maryada purushottam — the ideal of righteous living.
At noon, the hour of his birth, temples perform abhishek of the infant Ram; the Ramayana and Ram Raksha Stotra are recited, and in Ayodhya lakhs bathe in the Sarayu.
How it is celebrated
- Recite the Ram Chalisa, Ram Aarti or Ramayana passages.
- Perform the midday abhishek and cradle ceremony of infant Ram.
- Many observe a fast, broken after the noon puja.
- Join shobha yatras and kirtans of "Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram".
Prayers for Ram
English
Shree Ram Aarti (1)
Lokabhiramam Shriramam
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Shree Ram Aarti (2)
Arati Shriramayanaji Ki ।
English
Shree Ram Aarti (3)
Bhay Pragat Krpaala
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Shree Ram Aarti (4)
Aarti Kije, Shri Ramchandra Ki,
English
Shree Ram Aarti (5)
Shree Raamachandr Krpaalu Bhaju
English
Shree Ram Chalisa (1)
Ganapati Charan Saroj Gahi ।
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