Ramnavami is a birthday of Lord Rama is enthusiastically celebrated on the ninth day of waxing moon in the month of Chaitra.

Ramanavami celebrates the birth of Rama or Ramachandra. On the ninth day of the first fornight of Chaitra the birth of Rama is commemorated. The story of Rama was first written by Vaalmeeki in about the 4th century B.C. Rama is supposed to have lived during the 8th or 7th century B.C. the epic known as the Ramayana. In some parts of India, it is a nine-day festival, coinciding with the Vasanta Navaratri (see also Navaratri).

People celebrate this day as a traditional festival. This festival is celebrated in all over the India. Lord Vishnu is worshipped in his human incarnation as Rama; the divine ruler of Ayodhya. Ramnavami is celebrated with a prayer to the sun early in the morning. When Lord Rama is supposed to have been born, at midday. Then all people performed a special prayer. And all people praise of Rama and rock, people sing a devotional song of Lord Rama.

People of all castes and creeds participate in these gatherings to listen to the stories and their explanation offered by the learned. Some people keep a fast throughout the day, breaking it only at midnight with fruit or only water. In some parts of India, especially in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh excerpts from the "Ramacharitamanas", extolling the glory of Rama, are recited.

One significant and popular element of the celebration is the Ramayana parayana, a discourse on the Ramayana, by a pundit or a professional storyteller. It usually lasts nine days, Though Rama Navami is a major for Vaishnavites, and it is widely celebrated by worshipper of Shiva.

It is considered auspicious to undertake a fast on the day in the name of Lord Rama. The more devotes fast for nine days, from Ugadi to Rama Navami. The objective of keeping fast is not to ask for special favour of the deity but to seek perfection as a human being.

The Temple of Rama has special services and bhajan session through the day. Rama is also one of the most sung-about deities in Indian classical music and literature; weeklong (and something, month-long) musical programmes are organized.

Sacred place associated with Rama, like Ayodhaya, Ujjain and Rameshwaram; draw tens of thousands of devotees. Many place in North India host fairs in connection with the festival, culminating in spectacular fireworks on Rama Navami.