Sat Apr 05 23:40:00 UTC 2025: ## Rama Navami 2025: Vedic Scholars Recommend Special Puja and Recitation for Auspicious Day
**Hyderabad, April 6, 2025** – As Sri Rama Navami approaches, Vedic scholars are urging devotees to perform special pujas and recite the Rama Raksha Stotram for an auspicious year. The festival, celebrated across India with great devotion, marks the birth of Lord Rama.
Scholars recommend performing pujas during midday, coinciding with Lord Rama’s birth time. They advise reciting the Rama Raksha Stotram, a hymn dedicated to Lord Rama, believing it enhances speech and offers protection from adversity. A unique ritual involving tying a thread (Raksha) is also suggested.
This ritual involves chanting the Rama Raksha Stotram 11 times while tying 11 knots on a red and yellow thread. This thread, after being offered to Lord Rama’s image, should then be tied around the wrist for continued blessings. The scholars believe this practice brings good fortune and safeguards devotees. Many devotees are expected to visit temples across the country to seek the blessings of Lord Rama on this auspicious day.
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