In the list of Hindu festivals, the Ram Navami is also the most popular festival in India. It has celebrated on the Chaitra month of the Hindu year in shukla paksha. The festival has celebrated in sort to observe the birth of Maryada Purusottama Ram, a manifestation of Lord Vishnu. Several devotees also observe fast on this time.
It has considered that all the devotees who observe fast on this day are showered with huge happiness and good luck by Lord Rama. Rama is also recognized as Raghunatha, Raghupati and Raghavendra etc. All these names start with the prefix Raghu. In several Hindu factions, prayers on Ramnavami day begin not with a chant to Rama but to Surya (sun). The sacred places connected with Rama like Ayodhya, Ujjain and Rameshwaram; represent tens of thousands of devotees.
Origin and History of Ram Navami
The Ram Navami has celebrated every year to birth day celebration of Rama. According to the story of Ramayana, once upon a time there lived a King named Dashrath, then king of Ayodhya, who had three wives named Kaushalya, Sumithra and Kaikeyi. As even long after his weddings, Dashrath was not sacred with a child, this has become an issue of be anxious for him. At that period, Rishi Vasistha suggests Dashrath to do Puthra Kamesti Yagna, throughout which he can have a desired child.
After some days all the three queens envisaged Dashratha's child. On the ninth day also called Navami of Chaithra Masa called first month in Hindu calendar, at noon Kaushalya gave birth to Lord Sri Ram, Kaikeyi gave birth to Bharath, and Sumithra gave birth to twins, Lakshman and Shatrughan. It was the day of blissful celebrations in Ayodhya Nagari. This day since then has celebrated as an auspicious occasion by the devotees as Ram Navami.