Sree Rama Navami
Sri Rama Navami
Sri Rama Navami is celebrated normally on first month of Hindu calendar and when it is Sukla Pakshami Navami. This year it falls on 31st of March for smarthas and 1st april for vaishnavas. The birth of Lord Rama was on this day, as per Valmiki, who wrote the Ramayana. Rama was born in Punarvasu (Punarpoosam) Nakshatram.
When I was a school boy, it was festival of 10 days of carnatic music in temples of Tamilnadu. Young boys in the neighbourhood would be invited and neermore (Buttermilk) and panagam will be given and also a palmyra leaf fan.
What Mahaperiyval of Kanchi has told to do on Rama Navami day is given below:
இதுதான் பானகத்தோட ரகசியம். நீர் மோர் குடலுக்கு குளிர்ச்சி. அதோட கொழுப்பு ஏறாது. தாகம் அடங்கும். காட்டிலே அலைகிற ராமனுக்கு நீர்மோரும், பானகமுமாச்சு. (King Dasarathar used to feed people on regular basis. To overcome heat, dried ginger is used in panagam. To reduce its effect, jaggery is used. This is the secret of Panangam. Neermore (Buttermilk) cools and good for liver. It avoids fat content to the body. It quenches thirst too. Rama who was roaming in the forest gets buttermilk and Panagam).
On this day, young and the old should read the Ramavadhara kanda poems (if not possible from valmiki ramayna) of Kambaramayanam and especially the following-
வேய்புனர் பூசமும் விண்ணு ளோர்களும்
தூய கற்கடகமும் எழுந்து துள்ளவே
சித்தரும் இயக்கரும் தெரிவைமார்களும்
வித்தக முனிவரும் விண்ணு ளோர்களும்
நித்தரும் முறைமுறை நெருங்கி யார்ப்புறத்
தத்துறல் ஒழிந்து நீள் தருமம் ஓங்கவே
ஒரு பகல் உலகெல்லாம் உதரத்துட் பொதிந்
தருமரைக் குணர்வரும் அவனை யஞ்சனக்
கருமுகிற் கொழுந்தெழில் காட்டுஞ் சோதியைத்
திருவுறப் பயந்தனள் திறங்ககொள் கோசலை.
People above 20 years will have to fast for the day (Siddha upavasam). People young and old to gather in the temple precincts of the village or the area and pray Rama Namam for atleast 5 minutes and with a bhajan of Sree ram jaya ram Jaya jaya ram ( 13 aksharas of the mantra) going round the area and after reaching the starting place, continue the bhajan for 10 minutes and complete it. The next day morning, in the common place, after reading the rama pattabishekam, annadhanam to the poor of the village or area should be done.
While doing these, one should pray that the brotherhood among the people should get strengthened and bakthi should flourish among the people. Pray for the well being of all. Sarve loge Sukinobhavanthu.
Sree Rama Navami is on 4th April 2017, Tuesday. Previous years updation are as follows: Sree Rama Navami in 2016 is on 15th April 2016. This year's Rama navami is on 8th April 2014, the Tuesday. Some details on the event was posted in this blogspot a few years before. In the year 2019, corresponding to Vilambi/Vikari tamil years, Sree Ramanavami is on 13th April 2019.
This was posted in the blog in the year 2012.
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