From Muslim women performing aarti to bike rally for 'unity': Nation celebrates Ram Navami

The Holy festival of Ram Navami is being celebrated across the country on Tuesday. The festival which celebrates the birth of Lord Rama as per Hindu mythology, falls on the ninth day of Navratri.

He is considered to be seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He is best known for the many ideals he had besides killing the demon kind Ravana and shedding the world of evil.

RSS in West Bengal, however has planned to celebrate the festival on April 5 in a big way to "unite" the Hindus "It (Ram Navami) is a religious festival but through it we plan to organise the Hindus and unite them against the fundamentalist forces," a RSS functionary here said.

Ram Navami sees elaborate celebrations across the country on this day by Hindus mostly.

Let's have a look at celebrations across the country:

Celebrations at Kalkaji temple:

Delhi: Aarti performed at Kalkaji Temple. #RamNavami (early morning visuals) pic.twitter.com/SzVPrNTdgd

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 4, 2017

Muslim women celebrating Ram Navami: 

This Is what INDIAN all about
Muslim women performs aarti and reading Ram Katha on the occasion of #RamNavami in Varanasi. pic.twitter.com/Cn9gvyAK4z

— Harshit Krishna (@krishnaharsh007) April 4, 2017

Celebrations at Ram Mandir in Mumbai: 

#RamNavami celebration at #Wadala #RamMandir #Mumbai The idol of Lord Ram is taken around by singing and dancing on traditional bhajans. pic.twitter.com/7lWecyGnMW

— Anagha Sawant (@SawantAnagha) April 3, 2017

Decorations at Shirdi: 

Decoration in #Shirdi for #RamNavami festival.#JaiShreeRam #OmSaiRam pic.twitter.com/hdNiZmHcev

— Amit Bhadricha (@AmitBhadricha) April 3, 2017

Bike rally to spread the message of unity: 

Hindus of Chinsura organised a bike rally ahead of #RamNavami to spreading the message of unity

Hindus of WB want Ram Temple at Ayodhya too pic.twitter.com/ybmpedNSun

— Sourish Mukherjee (@me_sourish) April 2, 2017

(With agency inputs)