Rama Navami in India in 2022

Ram Navami is a festival celebrated by Hindus as the birthday of lord Ram, who is the seventh incarnation (avatar) of lord Vishnu. Ram was the son of Ayodhya King Dashrath and his eldest wife Kausalya. Dashrath had 3 wives, namely Kaushalya, Kaikeyi and Sumitra. According to Hindu mythology, king Dashrath was very worried on not having any son so he performed Putrakameshti yagya after which God appeared and gave him a bowl of sweet rice kheer to be eaten by his wives. After which lord Ram was born on this day along with his 3 younger brothers Lakshman, Bharat and Shatrughna to the king Dashrath. Ram Navami falls on the last day of Chaitra Navratri and generally comes in the Gregorian month of April or May every year. Ram Navami occurs on the ninth day of the Hindu lunar month Chaitra.

Ram is a major deity of Hinduism who is considered the Supreme Being and the man of moral values. He is the central character of the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana. Ramayana is an epic, written in Sanskrit language, which covers whole life of lord Ram. He was married to Sita who was the daughter of King Janak of Mithila. Sita was an incarnation of goddess Lakshmi. Ram went to exile for 14 years in order to obey his father's promise to fulfil the wish of his step-mother Kaikeyi who wanted her son Bharat to become king of Ayodhya instead of Ram. Sita and Lakshman accompanied Ram in exile. Ravan kidnapped Sita and took her to Lanka. Ram fought a battle with Ravan and at the end, he killed Ravan and brought Sita back.