evidence: Rama Navami (Sanskrit: राम नवमी, romanized: Rāmanavamī) is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Rama, one of the most popularly revered deities in Hinduism, also known as the seventh avatar of Vishnu.[5][6][7] He is often held as an emblem within Hinduism for being an ideal king and human through his righteousness, good conduct and virtue.[7][8] The festival falls on the ninth day of the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of the lunar cycle of Chaitra (March–April), the first month in the Hindu calendar.[9] It is also part of the Chaitra Navaratri festival in spring.[10] Rama Navami is a holiday for government employees in India.[11] [...] Outside of India [edit]Rama Navami is one of the Hindu festivals that is celebrated by the Indian diaspora with roots in Uttar Pradesh and other states.[30] The descendants of Indian indentured servants who were forced to leave India due to famines and then promised jobs in colonial South Africa before 1910 in British-owned plantations and mines, and thereafter lived under the South African apartheid regime, continued to celebrate Rama Navami by reciting the Ramayana and by singing bhajans of Tyagaraja and Bhadrachala Ramdas. The tradition continues in contemporary times in the Hindu temples of Durban every year.[31] [...] External links [edit]- Media related to Ramanavami at Wikimedia Commons - Rama Navami Special – Shri Raam Nam Mahima Archived 20 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine