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  Ramnavmi
The festival of Ram Navami marks the birthday celebrations of the Hindu Lord Rama, who is considered to be one of the incarnations of Lord Vishnu.
Ram Navami is one of the most important festivals of the Vaishnav sect of Hindus.
Ram Navami is a therefore a special reminder of the noble ideals for which Lord Rama stood.
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 Welcome to Solutionastrology.com - Solution Astrology - Festivals
Ram was the perfect man and in the words of Swami Vivekananda, he was 'the ideal son, the ideal husband, the ideal father and above all the ideal king'.
Ram's and Sita's life story serves as a strength-giving narration and Ram Rajya is the ideal rule of a king or theone in power.
Ram was born at noon and therefore the puja is performed in the afternoon.
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 Bawarchi: Indian Festivals: Ram Navami
Ram Navami commemorates the birth of Lord Rama, the seventh reincarnation of Lord Vishnu
Ram’s life, as described in Ramayana, sets an example of a dutiful virtuous life for an Indian.
Ram Navami is a therefore a special reminder of the noble ideals for which Lord Ram stood.
www.bawarchi.com /festivals/ramnavami.html   (545 words)

  
 Dussehra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In northern India, the festival wears the colourful garb of Ramlila wherein various incidents from Rama's life are enacted, as is the destruction of Ravana and Bharat Milap, that is the reunion of Ram and his estranged brother Bharat, on the former's return to Ayodhya after 14 years of exile.
Navami is the big day of celebrations, and is filled with rituals.
The day-long pujas and recital of shlokas lead to the maha arati.The maha arati signals the formal end of religious rituals, and the rest of the day is given to joy and merriment, dance and music.
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 Ramanavami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rama Navami falls on the ninth day of a Hindu lunar year (or Chaitra Masa Suklapaksha Navami).
This day is observed as the marriage day of Rama and Seetha as well as the birthday of Rama.
Along with Shri Ram, people also pray to Sita (Ram's wife), Lakshman (his brother who went on exile with him) and Hanuman (monkey god and Ram's chief of army).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ram_Navami   (214 words)

  
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Rama Navami falls on the ninth day of the shukla paksha, or bright phase of the moon, in the lunar month of Chaitra (April-May).
Though Rama Navami is a major festival for Vaishnavites, it is widely celebrated by worshippers of Shiva, too.
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 Sriram Navami   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This festival celebrates the birth of Lord Ram or Ramachandra and is an occasion for great rejoicing especially for the Vaishnav's.
Rath yatras or 'chariot processions' of Ram and his wife Sita, brother Lakshman and devotee Hanuman, are taken out from many temples.
Hanuman is worshipped for his unflinching devotion to Lord Ram and worship his forms an important part of the Ramanavami celebrations.
www.namasthenri.com /fairsandfestivals/ramnavami.htm   (1034 words)

  
 Rama Navami,Rama Navami Festival,Sri Rama Navami,Ramanavami Festival In India
Ram Navami is one of the most important festivals of the Vaishnav sect of Hindus and in some parts of India, it is a nine-day festival known as Vasanta Navratri.
A Ram devotee keep a strict fast on Ram Navami, because the Ram Navami vrata is considered to be one of the five most important vratas in the ancient times.
According to the ancient religious texts, it is imperative for every devotee to observe the Ram Navami vrat, as it is the only easy mean of gaining happiness in the material world and achieving salvation at the same time.
www.surfindia.com /festivals/rama-navami.html   (349 words)

  
 ram --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The Ram Raiyas are descendants of Ram Rai, the eldest son of Guru Har Rai (1630–61), who was sent by his father as an emissary to the Mughal capital at Delhi.
Ram Allah (Arabic: “Height of God”) has since the Six-Day War of 1967 been under Israeli administration as part of the West Bank territory.
The 1945 rookie of the year for the Cleveland Rams, U.S. football coach and quarterback Bob Waterfield was born in Elmira, N.Y., on July 26, 1920.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9062554?tocId=9062554   (754 words)

  
 Ram Ramapati Bank, spiritual bank in varanasi, miracle of ram naam.
The best time to witness this is during the festival of Ram Navami which falls this year on April 11.
Ram Ramapati Bank was established in 1826 in Varanasi.
On Ram Navami day piles of paper with Ram-Ram written in different scripts are placed in the temple premises and disciples do parikram (circumambulate around it.
www.indiaprofile.com /religion-culture/spiritualbank.htm   (794 words)

  
 Ram Navami - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Ram Navami is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Shri Rama.
According to mythology, Dasaratha, king of Ayodhya had three wives, none of whom was able to bear him a heir.
The festival is celebrated of the ninth day (navami) of the Chaitra month of the Hindu calendar.
encyclopedia.learnthis.info /r/ra/ram_navami.html   (157 words)

  
 Indo-American News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
HOUSTON -Rama Navami - the nine-day Hindu festival, celebrated in the bright fortnight in the month of Chaitra (March – April), commemorates the birth of Lord Rama who was born to annihilate the demon King Ravana of Lanka.
Bhagwan Ram was a descendant of the Sun Dynasty.
Raghukul Nandan Shri Ram’s birth was celebrated on March 30 at 12 noon when Lord Sun was shining at its brilliance followed by Divya Aarti.
www.indoamerican-news.com /houston/ram_navami_shriradha2004.htm   (324 words)

  
 indian festivals
Ram Navami marks the birthday of Ram, a human incarnation of Vishnu.
Colourful processions are held, which comprise brilliant floats of Ram, his wife Sita, Ram's loyal brother Lakshmana and Hanuman, Ram's monkey-general.
As the sun rises, a coconut is placed in a cradle and at midday (when Ram is said to have been born), a priest announces his birth.
www.avadh.com /festivals/rnavami.html   (116 words)

  
 Ram Navami Across IndiaSpirituality - Indiatimes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Though Ram is principally worshipped by the vaishnavites, yet the festival of Ramnavmi is celebrated by almost all Hindu sects.
On Ram Navami, the temples in the city are decorated and idols of Ram are adorned with flowers and new clothes.
Besides the usual fasting and prayers, a most delightful tradition that is practised as a part of the Ram Navami celebrations in south India is the narration of stories.
spirituality.indiatimes.com /articleshow.cms?msid=7245045   (511 words)

  
 MANTRA ON NET : Festivals Of The Month: Ram Navami
All the human beings on earth and the deutas in heaven were in utter misery because of the atrocities of the rakshas, Ravan.
I Ram was the perfect man and in the words of Swami I Vivekananda, he was the ideal son, the ideal husband, and above all the ideal king Ram was a man who grew into perfection as he faced the turmoil’s of life.
Ram's and Sita's life story serves as a strength-giving narration and Ram Rajya is the ideal rule of a king or the one in power.
www.mantraonnet.com /ramnavmi.html   (835 words)

  
 INDIAN MIRROR - Festivals of India -Summer Festivals
Ram Navami, the birthday of Lord Rama is a major Hindu festival celebrated all over the country by all sects of the Hindu fold.
Ram, the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu was born on the ninth day of the bright half of the lunar month chaitra.
Ran Navami is also celebrated as the Vasanta Navarathri festival with the celebrations starting from the first lunar day of the bright half of the chithrai month.
www.indianmirror.com /festivals/fes3.html   (1796 words)

  
 Ram Navami -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Rama Navami falls on the ninth day of a (Click link for more info and facts about Hindu lunar year) Hindu lunar year (or Chaitra Masa Suklapaksha Navami).
This day is observed as the marriage day of (Avatar of Vishnu whose name is synonymous with God; any of three incarnations: Ramachandra or Parashurama or Balarama) Rama and (Click link for more info and facts about Seetha) Seetha as well as the birthday of Rama.
Along with Shri Ram, people also pray to (Wife of the Hindu god Rama; regarded as an ideal of womanhood) Sita (Ram's wife), Lakshman (his brother who went on exile with him) and (In Hinduism, the monkey god and helper of Rama; god of devotion and courage) Hanuman (monkey god and Ram's chief of army).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ra/ram_navami.htm   (341 words)

  
 If the Shri Rama Janmabhoomi site is so important, why was it not recovered earlier?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The insistence of construction of the Ram Chabootar and Sita ki Rasoi, within the precincts of the Babri structure, was with the intention of establishing the Hindu claim to the site.
At the Ram Chabootar, prayers of Shri Rama were conducted on a continuous basis.
Ram Navami was always celebrated at the site, even during the time of Islamic rule.
www.hvk.org /ram/janm/a11.htm   (185 words)

  
 BBC - Shropshire - Features - Ram Navami
Ram Navami - The birth of Lord Rama
Ram Navami is the Hindu festival which celebrates the birth of Lord Rama or Ramchandra on the 9th day of the Hindu month of Chaitra.
In South India, Ram Navami is celebrated for nine days with great prayers, devotion and gaiety.
www.bbc.co.uk /shropshire/features/2003/04/ramnavmi.shtml   (201 words)

  
 India4u - Festivals
Lord Ram is the seventh incarnation of Vishnu, born on the ninth day of the bright half of the lunar month.
The preparations start early in the morning and the people take bath in the holy water and also keep a fast until 12 in the noon, when the avatar is thought to have taken place The ritualistic puja is done in the morning.
Ram Navami is also celebrated as the Vasanta Navaratri festival with the celebration starting from the first lunar day of the bright half of the month of Chaithra.
www.india4u.com /festival/ramnavami.asp   (276 words)

  
 City - Chanting Lord Ram's 1.58 lakh times!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Devotees chanting mantras at the Shree Ram temple at Wadala.
Lord Ram’s devotees in Mumbai are on their way to completing 1.58 lakh continuous chants of the Lord’s name.
Ram Navami celebrations are always big at the temple.
web.mid-day.com /news/city/2003/april/49595.htm   (343 words)

  
 Ram Navami,Ramnavmi Festival,Festival in Andhra Pradesh,Ram Navmi,Sri Ramnavmi Utsavam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Ram Navami,Ramnavmi Festival,Festival in Andhra Pradesh,Ram Navmi,Sri Ramnavmi Utsavam
In South India the 'Sri Ram Navmi Utsavam' is celebrated for nine days with great fervour and devotion.
The 'Vrata' of Rama Navami was considered one of the five most important vratas of the ancient times.
www.indiantravelportal.com /andhra-pradesh/festivals/ram-navami.html   (820 words)

  
 HinduUnity.org : The Dispute over Ram Temple in Ayodhya
At this point in time, the construction of Ram Temple in the city of Ayodhya (in the state of Uttar Pradesh), is the biggest Hot-Potato in India, this temple has completely altered the course of politics in India.
Because of its recognition as Ram Janam-Bhoomi (Birth-Place of Ram), the city of Ayodhya is also known as "The Holy Land," Lord Ram is believed by Hindus to be the Seventh Incarnation of Vishnu.
So perfect is Lord Ram, and so perfect is his system of government, that virtually every political party in India swears by the name of Lord Ram, they declare openly that they are working to bring about the system of Ram-Raaj (the reign of Lord Ram/the ideal government) into India.
www.hinduunity.org /articles/attri/ayodhdispute.html   (7933 words)

  
 Thought Power - Gayatri Pariwar USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Well, Ram Navmi is the day Lord Ram was born.
Ratha yatras or 'chariot processions' of Ram and his wife Sita, brother Lakshmana and devotee Hanuman, are taken out from many temples.
Hanuman is worshipped for his unflinching devotion to Ram, and his worship forms an important part of the Ramanavami celebrations.
www.thoughtpower.org /YouthDevelopment/Festivals/RamNavami.asp   (177 words)

  
 Belief   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Ram Navami is celebrated in the Hindu month of Chaitra and on the ninth day of the bright lunar phase, to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sri Ram.
The incarnation of Sri Ram materialized on this very day, to show the path of virtuosity and truth to the mankind, who had lost its way by establishing the high standards of moral values and ideals.
Ram Navami is our national and cultural festival.
www.o3.indiatimes.com /belief   (2403 words)

  
 Ram Navami Celebrations
Ram Navami is one of the most important festivals for the Vaishnava sect.
Others say it marks the day when Lord Ram sought the blessings of Goddess Durga before waging a war against the demon king Ravana.
On this day, temples are richly decorated with the idols of Lord Ram, his wife Sita and his brother Lakshman.
www.indiatraveltimes.com /religion/navami.html   (125 words)

  
 :: Well Come To India ! The Country Of All Seoson :: >> Festivals of india
It is widely celebrated all over India on 25th December and is specially interesting in Goa and Kerala, where some of the local culture has been absorbed into the festivities.
In North India gigantic effigies of the ten-headed Ravana and his brothers are set aflame with a bursting of crackers.
Ram, the Hindu religion's most popular god, an incarnation of Vishnu, was born on this day in April andthe event is traditionally celebrated in temples as a day of great piety, with the chanting of prayersand the singing of ballads.
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 Celebrating Ram NavamiSpirituality - Indiatimes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Idols of Ram, Sita and Lakshman are decorated with flowers and the customary thali made of kansa, an alloy of copper, is filled with unbroken rice grains, water, flowers and aipun.
This is because the Ram Navami vrata was considered one of the five most important vratas in the ancient times.
According to the religious texts Ramachandrika and Vratarka it is imperative for every devotee to observe the Ram Navami vrat, as it is the only easy mean of gaining happiness in the material world and achieving salvation at the same time.
spirituality.indiatimes.com /articleshow.cms?msid=7243883   (472 words)

  
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Ram was born in the famous Raghu dynasty of kings in the city of Atodhya.
However, all Hindus revere Ram as a personification of all that is good and great in human character.
the festival of Ram Navami is a reminder of Hindus that they should imbibe some of the ideals Ram represents.
www.durgajyoti.com /rnavami.htm   (328 words)

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