Happy Sita Navmi (Sita Matas Bday)

HAPPY SITA NAVMI

Happy Sita Navami, everybody!

Incidentally, is this considered the day Sita was discovered by Janak, or the day she was actually born. Also, who was she actually born to - Bhoomi Devi? In the movie Sita Swayamvara - exerpt below - she is shown having another birth before being transfered to Bhoomi Devi. (See from 4:21 onwards, after the Vedavati incident. Incidentally, this version too has a swarna-kamal 😳)

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEUlmeq61nw[/YOUTUBE]

Any truth to that, or is that one more of those Ananda Ramayan creations?

City of Janakpur

Janakpur city is the birth place of Goddess Sita, and the home of the unique Mithila culture in Nepal. It is also a Headquarter of Dhanusha district of Nepal. Janakpur is about 94 miles from Kathmandu and 40 miles from Biratnagar. This is a most exciting city in the Madhesh/Terai region. Janakpur is also known as Janakpurdham (place of festival). It has many temples which are named after Hindu God and Goddess. This region also offers an excellent opportunity for visitors to learn about Mithila culture and people from in and around this peaceful region of Nepal. Hindu pilgrims from around the World visit this place to pay their respect to the Goddess Sita while many foreigners make a side-trip to the region to learn about the unique life style of Madheshi people.

Every year celebrate hundreds of festival one of such festival is the enactment of the wedding

ceremony, decorating temples and monuments, burning of oil-lamps surrounding the temple and other historical sites in the region. Throughout the festival there are dramas in theatres and in open streets re-making the marriage ceremony of Ram and Sita. According to Hindu, Ram and Sita took birth to free the earth from the cruelty and sins of the demon King Ravana (Ravan). Janaki Temple

Janakpur has the Janaki Temple (Mandir in Nepali) which is dedicated to Goddess Sita, and also has a Ram and Sita Marriage Mandhir (or also known as Ram and Sita Bibaha Mandhir in Nepali) which is said to have been built in the spot where they got married. Marriage anniversary of Ram and Sita is observed every year here through a festival which is also observed throughout Nepal.

Rama Mandir

Visit the Rama Mandhir, a pagoda-style temple built in 1882, which is located south-east of the Janaki Mandhir. On the Rama Nawami or also written as Ram Navami festival (the celebration of Lord Ram's Birthday), this temple gets thousands of visitors. Ram Nawami is also called as Chaitay Dashain

Mithila Culture of Janakpur

Mithila culture is found in the Terai region of Nepal such as the Janakpur region and also found all the way up to the Northern Bihar state of India. Janakpur was the capital of Mithila and the Mithila was a kingdom of King Janak, Goddess Sita's father. Often Sita is known by many names such as Janaki or Mythili. Mithila culture is rich with its own language known as Maithili, and with its own traditions, customs, arts and music. Many Mithila arts and paintings have historical and religious meanings, such arts are produced by many villagers specifically women's draw paintings having colorful and thought provoking objects such as animals, Gods and Goddess which are painted on the walls of homes using,simple colors such as clays and mud.

Ram is One of the greatest epics of all time is Ramayana, which is a Hindu story of God Ram and his wife Goddess Sita, their marriage, their struggle, sacrifice, and many facets of life. Ram married Sita and then they have to live for years in isolation before returning back to his royal palace. During that time Sita got captured by Demon named Rawan. In the end Sita disappears under the ground and she is regarded as the Goddess of the Earth. Sita, the incarnation of the Hindu Goddess Lakshmi, is regarded as the perfect daughter, wife, and mother, and the most beloved deity in Hindu countries like

Nepal and India.

Festivals in Janakpur

Jhula and Bol Bum are other two important festivals which are celebrated with great pride and

enjoyment along with other Nepali festivals such as Dashain and Tihar. During Jhula and Bol Dum, the Janaki temple is packed with people. One other important festival is Chhatha celebrated by Maithalis in Janakpur. It is a four days festival. A group of men and women dip in Ganga Sagar, a popular lake in the area, and then worship the rising and setting of the sun for four days to receive blessings for peace and prosperity. Vibhaha Panchami, which falls between November to December, is a popular festival of Janakpur.The occasion commemorates the marriage of Sita to Ram, one of the most celebrated Hindudivinities. Janaki temple is the center of the attraction to commemorate this day and to celebrate the marriage anniversary of Ram and Sita. Thousands of pilgrims from India, Nepal and India pour in the region during this festival season.Ram Nawami, the celebration of Ram's birthday attracts visitors to the Ram Mandhir and many Hindupilgrims visit this temple on that day.