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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Hindu festival celebrating the birth of the deity Sita}}<br />
{{Infobox holiday<br />
| type = Hindu<br />
| nickname = Janaki Navami, Sita Jayanti, Janaki Jayanti<br />
| image = Ma Janki, Sitamarhi.jpg<br />
| caption = Image depicting the manifestation of Sita from the Earth<br />
| date = '''Sita Navami''' is celebrated every year on the ninth day of Shukla Paksha in the month of [[Vaisakha]]<br />
| significance = marks the divine appearance of Goddess Sita,<br />
| observances = [[Puja (Hinduism)|Puja]], [[Vrata]] (fast), recitation of the ''[[Ramayana]]'' and [[Versions of the Ramayana|other versions]], [[Sita]] Puja<br />
| frequency = Annual<br />
| duration = 1 Day<br />
| date2026 = 25 April<br />
| holiday_name = Sita Navami<br />
}}<br />
'''Sita Navami''' (also called '''Sita Jayanti''', {{Langx|sa|सीतानवमी|translit=Sītānavamī}}) is a [[Hindus|Hindu]] festival that celebrates the birth of the goddess [[Sita]]. It is celebrated on the ''[[navami]]'' (ninth day) of the ''[[Paksha|Shukla Paksha]]'' (first lunar fortnight) of the [[Hindu calendar|Hindu month]] of [[Vaisakha|''Vaishakha'']].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-04-30 |title=Sita Navami 2024: Plant Parijat for happiness and prosperity |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/astrology/others/sita-navami-2024-plant-parijat-for-happiness-and-prosperity/articleshow/109722562.cms |access-date=2024-05-05 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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== Legend ==<br />
According to the ''[[Ramayana]]'', the infant Sita appeared or manifested from a divine earthen pot in the kingdom of [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]] from a farm field to King Siradhvaja [[Janaka]] and Queen Sunayana.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Publishing |first=Bloomsbury |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pk7eEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA457 |title=Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations [2 volumes] |date=2011-09-13 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-59884-206-7 |pages=457 |language=en}}</ref> According to [[Sthala purana|regional tradition]], this site is identified to be at the [[Punaura Dham]] of the [[Sitamarhi district]] of [[Bihar]], India. The date and time of the manifestation of the infant Sita is recorded as the ninth day of Shukla Navami in the Vaishakha month of ''[[Ayilyam]] [[nakshatra]]'' in the ''Ramayana''. It is said that when King Siradhvaja [[Janaka]] was ploughing the land with a plow, a part of his plough got stuck in the earth. On digging that place, he found an infant girl in an earthen pot. A tip of the plow is called Sita, and hence the girl was named Sita and was adopted as the king's daughter.<ref name=":0" /> Sita later married [[Rama]], the seventh incarnation of [[Vishnu]]. Sita is revered for her loyalty, devotion and sacrifice to her husband. She is considered the epitome of womanhood and is regarded as the ideal wife and mother in the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2023-04-28 |title=Sita Navami 2023: Date, history, significance and all you need to know |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/sita-navami-2023-date-history-significance-and-all-you-need-to-know/articleshow/99841620.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-05-05 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><br />
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== Description ==<br />
Sita Navami celebrates the anniversary date of the appearance or manifestation of Sita. On the occasion of Sita Navami,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2025-05-04 |title=Sita Navami 2025: Date, history and significance |url=https://holidaytoday.in/en/india/bihar/holidays/janaki-navami-sita-navami|access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Holiday Today|language=en}}</ref> married women fast for their husbands's long life.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sita Navami 2024 : सीता नवमी कब है? नोट कर लें डेट, पूजा- विधि, शुभ मुहूर्त और महत्व |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/astrology/story-sita-navami-2024-date-time-puja-vidhi-shubh-muhrat-importance-significance-9872731.html |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Hindustan |language=hi}}</ref> <br />
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In the city of Sitamarhi, a grand religious one day internal circumambulation of the city known as ''Antar Griha Parikrama'' which is a part of the larger [[Sitamarhi Dham Parikrama]] is organised on the day of Janaki Navami. It starts from the sacred site [[Urvija Kund]], believed to be the birthplace of Goddess Sita, at the [[Janaki Sthan]] and after the completion of the circumambulation it ends at the same Urvija Kund.<ref>{{Cite web |title=सीतामढ़ी में चौदह कोसी परिक्रमा के लिए निकली माता सीता के डोला का जगह-जगह स्वागत - Dola of Mata Sita who came out for Chaudah Kosi Parikrama in Sitamarhi is being welcomed from place to place |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-dola-of-mata-sita-who-came-out-for-chaudah-kosi-parikrama-in-sitamarhi-is-being-welcomed-from-place-to-place-22669946.html |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=सीतामढ़ी धाम की परिक्रमा यात्रा जानकी स्थान उर्विजा कुंड से शुरू |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/sitamarhi/news/the-parikrama-yatra-of-sitamarhi-dham-starts-from-janaki-sthan-urvija-kund-132948635.html |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Hindu festivals]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu holy days]]<br />
[[Category:Ramayana]]<br />
[[Category:Birthdays by person]]<br />
[[Category:Religious festivals in India]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu festivals in Nepal]]<br />
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