The holy festival of Chaitra Navratri starts on 9th of April. Ram Navami is celebrated on the last day of this nine-day festival. This year Ram Navami is being celebrated on 17 April 2024. Ram Navami is the festival of the birth anniversary of Lord Shri Ram, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. On this day, Shri Ram was born in the house of King Dasharatha in Ayodhya. Ayodhya is the birthplace of Ram Ji, where the Ram temple was built after years of struggle. Apart from this, during his 14 years of exile, he stayed at many places and reached Lanka via sea route, where he killed the Lankan king Ravana.
If you want to have the darshan of Lord Shri Ram on the occasion of Ram Navami, then you can go to Ram Janmabhoomi temple located in Ayodhya. Apart from this, there are many ancient and grand Ram temples in the country, where you can go for darshan. Here information is being given about the most important Ram temples in the country.
Raghunath Temple
The very famous Raghunath temple of Lord Shri Ram is located in Northern India i.e. Jammu and Kashmir. Devotees visiting Vaishno Devi like to visit Raghunath Temple. Lord Ram is present in this temple along with Mother Sita and Lakshman ji. Here one can also see glimpses of characters from Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Raja Ram Temple
It is the only place in the entire country where Lord Ram is worshiped as Raja Ram. There is his palace-like temple in Orchha district of Madhya Pradesh. There is a crowd of devotees here throughout the year. Every day, a guard of honor is given in this temple and a weapon salute is given to Lord Shri Ram.
Ramaswami Temple
There is a grand temple of Ram ji in South India also. Lord Rama is worshiped in the Ramaswamy temple of Tamil Nadu. In most of the temples, there are statues of Mother Sita and Lakshman ji along with Shri Ram. Ramaswamy is the only temple in the country, where Shri Ram, Sita ji, Lakshman, Bharat, and Shatrughan are present. The carvings of this temple depict famous events that took place according to the epic Ramayana.
Kalaram Temple
There is a beautiful temple of Lord Ram in the Nashik district of Maharashtra, named Kalaram Temple. During the exile, Lord Shri Ram stayed in Panchavati along with Mother Sita and brother Lakshman. Later Sardar Rangaru Odhekar built a temple at this place. There is a popular story about this that Sardar Rangaru had a dream that there was a black colored idol of Shri Ram in the Godavari river. He took out the idol the very next day and installed it in the temple.
Ram Janmabhoomi Temple
Ram ji was born in Ayodhya district of Uttar Pradesh. A grand temple of Shri Ram was built here and the consecration of the temple has been done in the year 2024. People are coming from abroad to visit the Ram temple. Here Ram ji is present in child form. On this Ram Navami, you can go to Ram temple in Ayodhya for darshan.
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