रामनवमी

What the texts say

Rama Navami keeps the day the Ramayana gives for Rama's birth, the ninth lunar day of the bright fortnight of Chaitra, when Kausalya bore him, a divine portion of Vishnu. Ramayana 1.18.8 In the same epic, Sumitra bore Lakshmana and Shatrughna, and Bharata was also born. Ramayana 1.18.13, 1.18.14 The Bhagavata Purana tells that, when the gods prayed, the Supreme Being appeared as King Dasharatha's four sons, Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna. Bhagavatam 9.10.2 The Devi Bhagavatam says that whoever keeps the vow of Rama Navami in the land called Bharata Varsha rejoices in Vishnu's abode for a period of seven Manvantaras. Devi Bhagavatam 9.30.76