Ram Navami
Festivals

Ram Navami

Status · Anusandhāna
Source · Uncited
Period · Eternal

Ram Navami (राम नवमी) — "the ninth day celebrating Rama" (Rama + navami = ninth lunar day) — celebrates the birth of Rama, the seventh avatar of Vishnu and hero of the Ramayana. Observed on the ninth day (Navami) of the bright fortnight (Shukla Paksha) in the month of Chaitra (March-April), it marks the anniversary of Rama's birth in Ayodhya. The festival is a celebration of dharma (righteousness), the ideal king (Rama Rajya), and the triumph of good over evil. It often coincides with the Hindu