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Festivals
- Sri Rama Navami is a Hindu festival, celebrating of the birth of Lord RamaRamaRama or full name Ramachandra is considered to be the seventh avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism, and a king of Ayodhya in ancient Indian...
. It is celebrated in ChaitraChaitraChaitra is a month of the Hindu calendar....
month (sukla pakshami). - Swaminarayan JayantiSwaminarayan JayantiSwaminarayan was born on 2 April 1781 in Chhapaiya. This day is annually celebrated as Swaminarayan Jayanti by his followers. This coincides with the occasion of Ram Navmi....
is a Hindu Fesival celebrating the birth of Lord Swaminarayan.It is celebrated in ChaitraChaitraChaitra is a month of the Hindu calendar....
month on the ninth day which actually falls onto Sri Rama Navami - Maha navami (the Great Navratri) is part of Navaratri celebrations. Sharad Navaratri is the most important of the Navratris, and is celebrated during SharadSharadSharad in North India, variantly referred to as Sharat or Sharath or Sarath in South India, is the early autumn ritu, or season in the Hindu calendar. It roughly corresponds to the western months of mid-September to mid-November. Sharad is preceded by Varsha, followed by Hemant...
. Ayudha PujaAyudha PujaAyudha Puja is an integral part of the Navratri festival , a Hindu festival which is traditionally celebrated in India. It is also called "Astra Puja", the synonym for Ayudha Puja. In simple terms, it means “Worship of Implements”...
or Astra Puja is an integral part of the Dasara festival, a Hindu festival which is traditionally celebrated in India. In simple terms, it means “Worship of Implements”.
Events
Hindu saint Sri Guru Raghavendra SwamiRaghavendra Swami
Raghavendra Theertha was a Hindu saint and philosopher who served as the head of the Sri Mutt in Kumbakonam from 1624 to 1636. He wrote a commentary Sudha Parimala on the Nyaya Sudha, an exposition of Dvaita philosophy...
was born on Phalguna
Phalguna
Phalguna is a month of the Hindu calendar. In India's national civil calendar, Phaalgun is the twelfth month of the year, beginning on 20 February and ending on 21 March .In lunar religious calendars, Phaalgun may begin on either the new moon or the full moon...
Sukla Navami, when the moon was in Mrigashīrsha
Mrigashirsha
Sanskrit mr̥gáśiras the 5th nakshatra or lunar mansion as used in Hindu astronomy and astrology is the constellation Orion. Its position is described in the Surya Siddhanta....
Nakshatra
Nakshatra
Nakshatra is the term for lunar mansion in Hindu astrology. A nakshatra is one of 27 sectors along the ecliptic...
, in 1595 AD and advocated Sri Madhvacharya's Dvaita philosophy.