RAM NAVAMI 2017
Ram Navami 2017 would be celebrated all over India by the people on 5th of April, at Wednesda
Muhurta of Rama Navami Puja 2017 is = from 11:05 am to 1:32 pm. Complete duration of puja will be: 2 hours and 27 mins. Ram Navami
Ram
Navami is a religious and traditional festival, celebrated every year
with great enthusiasm by the people of Hindu religion. It is celebrated
to remember the birthday of the Lord Rama, son of the King Dasharatha
and Queen Kausalya, of the Ayodhya kingdom. Lord Rama was the 7th avatar
from the Dashavatar of the Lord Vishnu, a Hindu God. According to the
Hindu calendar, this festival falls every year in the Shukla Paksha at 9th day
in the month of Chaitra. Ram Navami is also called as the Chaitra Masa
Suklapaksha Navami which ends as nine-day long Chaitra-Navratri
celebrations.
Hindu
people celebrate it as a 9 days festival by organizing the Akhand Paath
of the Ramacharitamanas, religious bhajan, havan, ritual kirtan and
distribution of prasad after the puja and Aarti at 9th day. Devotees make the statue of the Lord Rama in infant form and make prayer in front of the God. As Lord Rama was the 7th avatar
of the Vishnu born among common people to remove their problems, people
decorate temples and other religious places to make the traditional
prayers and offerings of fruits flowers in order to get their problems
removed and lot of prosperity and success. They get together at this day
to chant Vedic mantras, Aarti and lots of religious songs.
Most
of the devotees celebrate this festival by making fast for whole nine
days or first and last day of the Navratri to get the full blessings.
South Indians celebrate this festival as a wedding anniversary of the
Lord Rama from Mata Sita. All the temples get decorated throughout the
south region to celebrate the Navratri. However, people in the Mithila
and Ayodhya celebrate the wedding anniversary at Vivaha Panchami
according to the Valmiki Ramayana. A grand celebration of the Ram Navami
takes place by the thousands of devotees in the Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh;
Sitamarhi, Bihar; Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, Bhadrachalam, Andhra Pradesh
and etc. At some places (like Ayodhya, Varanasi and etc), the Rathayatra
means the chariot procession (Shobha yatra) of the Lord Rama, Mata
Sita, Lakshman and God Hanuman is carried out by the thousands of people
after taking a holy dip in the sacred river, Sarayu or Ganga.
RAM NAVAMI HISTORY
Ramayana
is the great and religious Epic of the Hindu religion, tells the
history of King Dasharatha and his son Rama of the Ayodhya. Once, there
was an emperor in the Treta Yuga called King Dasharatha who had three
wives (Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi). He had no children and was very
sorry for a future emperor of the Ayodhya. One day he was suggested by
the great Rishi named Vasistha to perform the Puthra Kamesti Yagna to
fulfill his desire for a child.
He
was suggested to specially invite the Maharshi Rishyasringa in order to
perform yagna. After performing the yagna, he was given a bowl of the
divine Kheer by the Yagneshwara. He was requested to offer that bowl of
Kheer to his all three wives. Some days after eating that Kheer, all his
wives get conceived. At the day of Navami (at 9th day)
in the Chaitra month at noon Kausalya gave birth to Rama, Kaikeyi to
Bharata and Sumitra to twin boys named Lakshmana and Shatrughna.
Kausalya’s son Rama was the 7th avatar
of the Lord Vishnu who took birth to come to the Earth to finish
Adharma and maintain the Dharma. Lord Rama had protected his devotees
from the attack of rascals. He had vanquished Adharma from the earth and
maintained the Dharma all over the earth by destroying all the Asura
including Ravana. People of the Ayodhya were very happy from his new
King Rama and started celebrating his birthday every year with big joy
and enthusiasm as Ram Navami which is still traditionally and
religiously celebrated all over the India by the people of Hindu
religion.
RAM NAVAMI CELEBRATIONS
People
of the Hindu religion located in the South region of the India
generally perform the Kalyanotsavam means marriage celebration of the
Lord Rama. They celebrate it at the day of Navami having the statue of
Hindu deities called Rama and Sita in their houses. They perform a
procession on the streets taking statues of the deities at the end of
day to celebrate the Ram Navami. It is celebrated by different names at
different place such as in the Maharashtra it is celebrated by the name
Chaitra Navratri, in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka or Tamil Nadu it is
celebrated by the name Vasanthothsava and etc.
People
celebrate this festival by decorating the statues of the Lord Rama,
Lakshman, Mata Sita and Lord Hanuman. They prepare the sweets, sweet
drinks, prasad to perform the puja, they invite Pandit Ji to perform
havan and katha, they read religious songs, mantras and Aarti at the end
of puja to remove the bad powers from their houses and welcome the good
power and energies to their house. They also pray for the good future
and health of their children and other family members.
They
make fast for whole nine days or last day of the Navratri to perform
the holy annual puja. They read the holy Hindu religious Epic called
Ramayana; worship Rama and Sita to get the peace and happiness in their
life. They offer Morning Prayer to the Hindu God, Surya Dev after having
a holy bath in the early morning. People offer puja to the Lakshman,
Mata Sita and God Hanuman with the Lord Rama as all of them were devoted
heartily to each other.
SIGNIFICANCE OF RAM NAVAMI FESTIVAL
Ram
Navami festival is the festival of great importance for the people of
Hindu religion. Celebrating the festival of Ram Navami on the 9th day
of Chaitra month indicates the removal of bad powers and entrance of
divine power on the earth. To remove the Asura power on the earth in
order to maintain the Dharma, Lord Vishnu had to born on the earth as a
son of the Ayodhya King Dasharatha. Ram Navami is a ritual celebration
for the people of Hindu religion which they celebrate enthusiastically
for their soul and body purification. Lord Rama came to the earth to
perform a special responsibility means to destroy the demon Ravana in
order to maintain the Dharma.
This
festival celebration indicates the victory of goodness and defeat of
evil power and establishment of the Dharma after removal of Adharma.
Ram Navami festival celebration starts with the Jal offering in the
early morning to the Hindu God, Sun to get blessings from the supreme
power as people beliefs the God Sun as an ancestor of the Lord Rama.
People involve in singing the devotional songs for whole day as well as
listening the recitations from the various Hindu religious books. Vedic
mantras are chanted by the religious people of the community at this
occasion.
Keeping
fast at this day has another significance of getting body and mind
purified. At some place, people perform a religious and cultural event
called Ramlila to reveal the history of Ram Navami in front of people.
People play the whole history of the life of Lord Rama through their
dramatic performances. Chariot processing is a grand and ritual event of
the Ram Navami festival to show the peaceful Ram Rajya in which people
decorate the statues of the Rama, Sita, Lakshman and Hanuman in a well
manner to start processing on the streets.
Generally,
people like to have a holy bath in the Saryu River of the Ayodhya in
the belief of the complete purification of the body and soul. South
Indian people celebrate this occasion as a wedding anniversary of the
Rama and Sita which symbolizes enhancing the love bondage between
husband and wife.
*VICTORY of GOOD & DEFEAT OF EVIL,
ESTABLISHMENT OF DHARMA & REMOVAL OF ADHARMA
VICTORY OF PENSIONERS' FRATERNITY OVER EVIL OF LIC/UOI
ESTABLISHMENT OF DHARMIC PRINCIPLE OF PENSION UPGRADATION AS PILLAR OF SUPPORT TO PENSIONERS/ ELDERS &
REMOVAL OF ADHARMA OF OBSTINACY, PRETENSIONS OF LACK OF FUNDS OF A ROCK OF GIBRALTER OF SOLVENCY & STABILITY
GREETINGS, GOODLUCK & GODSPEED,
R.B.KISHORE
VP, AIRIEF
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