Ramnavami 2016 date

Ramnavami 2016 date is Friday, 15th April. Sri Ramnavami is a grand hindu festival, celebrates the birth of lord ram, Ram is the 7th incarnation of dashavtar of Lord Vishnu.

Legend behind Ramnavami.

On this day, it is said, Ramachandra, the 7th incarnation of Vishnu, was born at Ayodhya in Oudh, about B.C. 1400. It is celebrated from the 1st of Chaitra Shuddh to the 9th. The object of the incarnation, it is said, was to effect the destruction of demon king Rawan, the ten-headed tyrant of Lanka, which was at last done with the assistance of Hanuman, the chief of the monkey tribe. On the first day, the temples of Rama are whitewashed, and illuminated in the evening, and the image of Rama is adorned with costly ornaments. In the evening the "Ramayana," or legendary history of Rama, is read in the temples, and in the night Kirtan. In some temples Brahmins are fed with rich and substantial dinners for eight successive days; these days are called Rama Navaratra, or nine nights of Rama. Many Hindus, both male and female, go to the temples of Rama to hear the Kirtan and Purana. The last or principal day is Ramanavami, when, it is said, Rama became incarnate at noon. In honour of this incarnation, some Hindus fast the whole day. They get up in the morning, wash themselves, and put on rich clothes and ornaments, and repair to the' temples of Rama at about nine o'clock. Every temple of Rama is well furnished, on this day, and the images are decorated with precious ornaments and rich brocade.

A Haridas is engaged to describe the birth and circumstances that attend his incarnation. He continues his discourse till twelve o'clock, when he brings a small image of Rama, nicely ornamented and well clad, and shows it to his audience, telling them that it is Rama who became incarnate; he then puts it into a small cradle prepared for the purpose, the assembly then throw themselves prostrate before the image and worship it. Great is the rejoicing and acclamation on this occasion; they fling gulal on each other; and with great mirth, at about one o’clock; they go home, to return to the temples in the evening. The feast of Ramanavami is more particularly observed by the votaries of Vishnu.