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  2. Rama Navami - Wikipedia

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    During Rama Navami, reading or listening from literature about Rama is a common practice. Reading the entire Ramayana (Hindu epic entailing the adventures of Rama) [24] for a week leading up to Rama Navami is organized. [5] [12] The earliest version of the text was composed by the sage Valmiki. [10]

  3. List of Hindu festivals in Maharashtra - Wikipedia

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    Ram Navami: 9th day of Chaitra: March–April: Rama: One day: Ram navami and Hanuman jayanti, the birthdays of Shree Ramchandra and Hanuman respectively are also celebrated in the month of Chaitra. Sunthawada/dinkawada, a snack usually eaten by new mothers is the snack of the day for Ram navami. Hanuman Jayanti: 15th day of Chaitra i.e Chaitra ...

  4. List of festivals in Andhra Pradesh - Wikipedia

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    Sri Rama Navami: 9th day of Chaitra March–April Sri Rama Navami is the celebration of the birth of Rama. It is the day on which Lord Rama, the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu, incarnated in human form in Ayodhya. He is the ardha ansh of Vishnu or has half the divinitive qualities of Lord Vishnu. Ekadasi: July–August Varalakshmi Vratam

  5. List of Hindu festivals - Wikipedia

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    The name "Rama" translates to "one who is divinely blissful and brings joy to others" and "one in whom sages find delight." Ram Navami falls on the ninth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Chaitra (March/April) and coincides with Vasant Navratri or Chaitra Durga Puja. In some regions, the festival is observed over nine days. This day ...

  6. Navami - Wikipedia

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    Navami (Sanskrit: नवमी, romanized: Navamī) is the Sanskrit word for "ninth", and is the ninth day in the lunar fortnight of the Hindu calendar. Each month has two Navami days, being the ninth day of the "bright" ( Shukla ) and of the "dark" ( Krishna ) fortnights respectively. [ 1 ]

  7. List of Sindhi Hindu festivals - Wikipedia

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    11. Janamashtami, Ram Navmi and Shivratri Since Krishna was born after midnight, on Janamashtami, Bhajans and Kirtan are held in temples till midnight. On Ram Navmi, Lord Rama's birthday is celebrated. On Shivratri people drink 'Thaadhal' with some 'bhang' in it, after making offerings of it in the Mahadev temple.

  8. Tamil calendar - Wikipedia

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    The months of the Tamil calendar. The Tamil calendar (தமிழ் நாட்காட்டி) is a sidereal solar calendar used by the Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent.

  9. Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    The dates of the lunar cycle based festivals vary significantly on the Gregorian calendar and at times by several weeks. The solar cycle based ancient Hindu festivals almost always fall on the same Gregorian date every year and if they vary in an exceptional year, it is by one day. [60]