Sarayu Snan on Ram Navmi in Ayodhya
#RamNavami 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 #LordRama, son of the King #Dasharatha and #Queen #Kausalya, of the #Ayodhya kingdom. Lord Rama was the 7th avatar from the Dashavatar of the #LordVishnu, a Hindu God. According to the Hindu calendar, this festival falls every year in the #ShuklaPaksha at 9th day in the month of #Chaitra. #RamNavami is also called as the Chaitra Masa Suklapaksha Navami which ends as nine-day long #ChaitraNavratri celebrations.
Hindu people celebrate it as a 9 days festival by organizing the #AkhandPaath 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 #VedicMantras, 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.