Sita Navami If you didn’t know this, now you do. April 24 is Janaki (Sita) Navami — and guess the first state to declare it a public holiday ? Bihar. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is first off the block to announce a Sita Navami along the lines of Ram Navami. That’s not all.

Sita will now have a new refurbished temple all to her own. It will be located in Punaura Dham in Sitamarhi district of Bihar, supposedly the birthplace of Janaki. The reconstruction of the Sita temple has been inaugurated by Kumar. 20 acres of government land has been allotted for the temple. By ...