History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.330

v6.c81.330

In modern times not many people observe a fast on Rāmanavamī and hardly one performs homa or donates images, but the birth of Rāma is celebrated in Rāma temples by many at noon with great ceremony. A *Haridāsa* treats a gathering of men and women assembled in the temple to a *kīrtan* with music and bhajan on the birth of Rāma. At the end there is distribution of sweets or 'Sunthavaḍā' (dried ginger with sugar or jaggery) in the Deccan. In some places such as Nasik, Tirupati, Ayodhyā and Rāmeśvara this festival is performed with great pomp and thousands of people attend at these holy places There is no holy name other than that of Rāma so constantly on Hindu lips even in these days