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Rama Navami

Also called: Ram Navami, Sri Rama Navami, Ramnavami

Rama's birthday, the ninth day of the bright half of Chaitra and the last day of the spring Navratri, kept at noon, the hour of his birth, with a fast, the reading of the Ramayana, the cradle and, in the south, the wedding of Sita and Rama.

Sources: Rama Navami — Wikipedia; Rama Navami dates and madhyahna muhurta, 2026 to 2028 (Drik Panchang, New Delhi); The Agastya Samhita on Rama Navami, as quoted in the Nirnaya Sindhu (Advaita-l list, Anand Hudli, 1998; ISKCON Desire Tree, Rama-navami observance and fasting) · see Rama Navami's web

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Rama Navami festival of

Rama (Avatar) · The payasam from the fire (the birth of Rama)
His birthday, kept at noon.
Sita (Consort) Vaishnava
Her wedding to Rama is performed at Bhadrachalam and other southern temples on the day.

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Rama Navami — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Rama Navami dates and madhyahna muhurta, 2026 to 2028 (Drik Panchang, New Delhi) Encyclopedia
The Agastya Samhita on Rama Navami, as quoted in the Nirnaya Sindhu (Advaita-l list, Anand Hudli, 1998; ISKCON Desire Tree, Rama-navami observance and fasting) Popular retelling