Chaite Dashai and Ram Nawami are two different festivals followed by one after another. Both the festivals are associated with the great Hindu epic Ramayana. Ram Nawami is the birth day of Ram, the hero of the epic. Chaite Dashai is the day when Ram killed Rawan, the powerful king of Lanka.
Chaite Dashai is celebrated more enthusiastically by tribal casts, while Ram Nawami is celebrated by the devotees of Ram. People sacrifice animals to Goddess Durga on Chaite Dashai. Ram Nawami is celebrated by keeping fast and worshiping Ram with flowers and religious songs.
On the occasion of Fhaite Dasai and Ram Nawami a fair is held near the temple of Ban Devi, the Goddess of Forest. It is a nice picnic spot in the mid of a dense pine forest. By the side of the temple there is a rest house.
Chaite Dashai is official holiday. It occurs in the month of March of April. This is the last festival of the year.
source:ma-palpali.com
