The Hindu epic Ramayana was written by sage Valmiki, Adi Kavi or the first poet. Valmiki Jayanti celebrated his birth anniversary. He also appeared in the Ramayana saga as a hermit who took Sita, Lord Rama’s wife, to his ashram and brought up their children, Luv and Kush, during their exile. According to Hindu mythology, Valmiki was born on the full moon day of the month of Ashwin. Every year during the full moon of Ashwin month, many religious and social events are organized in different parts of the country.
Legends around the birth of Maharishi Valmiki
There are many legends about the birth of Maharishi Valmiki, who is said to have been born to Maharishi Kashyap and Goddess Aditi’s 9th son Varuna and his wife Charshini. The credit of writing the first verse in this area also goes to Maharishi Valmiki.
According to another legend, he was born as Ratnakar, the son of a Brahmin named Pracheta, who was once a dacoit. He killed and robbed many innocent people before meeting Narada Muni, who turned him into a good human being and a devotee of Lord Rama. After years of meditation practice, he became so calm that ants built mounds around him. As a result, he was given the title of Valmiki, which translates to “born from an ant mound”.
Valmiki learned the legend of Lord Rama from Narada Muni, and under his supervision, he wrote the story of Lord Rama in poetic lines, which gave rise to the epic Ramayana. The Ramayana has 24,000 verses and seven sargas (Kandas) including the Uttara Kanda. The Ramayana is about 480,002 words long, which is one-fourth the length of the entire text of another Hindu epic, the Mahabharata, or about four times the length of the Iliad, an older Greek epic.
On Valmiki Jayanti, members of the Valmiki sect organize a procession or parade, in which they sing devotional hymns and hymns.
Valmiki Jayanti 2021. date and time of worship
Valmiki Jayanti is celebrated on the full moon day of Ashwin month. Valmiki Jayanti, also known as Pargat Day, will be celebrated on October 20, 2021. The puja timings for Poornima Tithi will start at 07:03 PM on 19th October and end at 08:26 PM on 20th October.
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