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Rama Nawami (Devanāgarī: राम नवमी; IAST: ') is a Hindu festival, celebrating the birth of the god Rama to King Dasharatha and Queen Kausalya in Ayodhya. Rama, the seventh avatar of Vishnu, is one of the oldest avatars of Lord Vishnu having a human form. 〔 〔(The nine-day festival of Navratri leading up to Sri Rama Navami has bhajans, kirtans and discourses in store for devotees ) ''Indian Express'', Friday , March 31, 2006. 〕 The holy day falls in the Shukla Paksha on the Navami, the ninth day of the month of Chaitra in the Hindu calendar. Thus it is also known as ''Chaitra Masa Suklapaksha Navami'', and marks the end of the nine-day Chaitra-Navaratri (Vasanta Navaratri) celebrations. Rama navami is one of the most important Hindu festivals. At some places the festival lasts the whole nine days of the Navaratri, thus the period is called 'Sri Rama Navaratra'.〔(Sri Ram Navami ) ''VedaDharma (Hindu) and Muhammadan festivals'', by John Murdoch. Published by Asian Educational Services, 1991. ISBN 81-206-0708-2. ''Page 47 ''〕〔(Ram Navami )〕 It is marked by continuous recitals, ''Akhand Paath'', mostly of the Ramacharitamanas, organized several days in advance to culminate on this day, with elaborate bhajan, kirtan and distribution of prasad after the puja and aarti. Images of the infant Rama are placed on cradles and rocked by devotees. Community meals are also organized.〔 Since Rama is believed to have been born at noon, temples and family shrines are elaborately decorated and traditional prayers are chanted together by the family in the morning. Also, at temples, special havans are organized, along with Vedic chanting of mantras and offerings of fruits and flowers. Many followers mark this day by vrata (fasting) through the day followed by feasting in the evening, or at the culmination of celebrations.〔〔(Ramnavami ) Govt. of India Portal.〕〔(Ramnavami ) ''The Times of India'', Apr 2, 2009.〕 In South India, in Bhadrachalam the day is also celebrated as the wedding anniversary of Rama and his consort Sita. ''Sitarama Kalyanam'', the ceremonial wedding ceremony of the divine couple is held at temples throughout the south region, with great fanfare and accompanied by group chanting of name of Rama.〔(Gaiety marks celestial wedding in Bhadrachalam ) ''The Hindu'', Saturday, Apr 08, 2006.〕〔(Thousands witness Sitarama kalyanam ) ''The Hindu'', Saturday, Apr 08, 2006.〕 The important celebrations on this day take place at Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) Sita Samahit Sthal (Sitamarhi) (Bihar), Bhadrachalam (Telangana) and Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu), thronged by thousands of devotees. Rathayatras, the chariot processions, also known as ''Shobha yatras'' of Rama, Sita, his brother Lakshmana and Hanuman, are taken out at several places,〔(Ram Navami ) ''BBC''.〕〔(On Ram Navami, we celebrate our love for the ideal ) ''Indian Express'', Monday , March 31, 2003.〕〔(Shobha yatra on Ram Navami eve ) ''Indian Express'', Thursday, March 25, 1999.〕 including Ayodhya where thousands of people take a dip in the sacred river Sarayu.〔(At Ayodhya, Ram Navami celebrated amid religious harmony ) ''Indian Express'', Apr 15, 2008.〕 ==History== In the epic Ramayana, Dasharatha, the Emperor from Ayodhya, had three wives named Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi in the Treta Yuga (which follows the Satya Yuga and succeeded by the Dwapara Yuga). Rama is born to Kaushalya, Lakshmana & Shatrughna to Sumitra and Bharata to Kaikeyi. Rama is known as 'Maryada Purushottam' which means an ideal, righteous and a great or a perfect human being, being the best son, brother, husband and father. Rama who takes birth by his own will, on Bhuloka (Earth) when Adharma rules over Dharma. He protects all his devotees by vanquishing the roots of Adharma. Vishnu decided to incarnate, as Rama, to destroy the Asura (person with demonic and evil designs) called Ravana who is a Brahmin king of Lanka. Lord Rama & Lord Krishna are the only gods in Hinduism or Aryan Vedic context that really existed (and some gods are their manifestations or devotees) and all others are mythological figures based on Puranas. Hence the mahamantra: II Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare II II Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare II 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rama Navami」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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