Ram Mandir Inauguration: Before Ayodhya Mega Event, Check Out 5 Free Apps That Celebrate Lord Ram

Before you attend the auspicious opening of the Ram Temple, here are five apps that will do everything from changing the look of your phone to offering handy mantras and chants.

From themes to games, there are several devotional apps that you can explore.

The much-awaited inauguration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is set to take place on January 22. Devotees from across the nation are understandably excited and a heavy surge of footfalls are expected — so much so that the Ram Mandir Trust is facilitating online passes to avoid the opening-day crunch. As the devotion reaches fever pitch, here are five apps you can check out to celebrate the life and lores of Lord Ram. From colourful themes to handy mantras, these apps are sure to meet all your devotional needs.

Needless to say, these apps are free to download and are available on the Google Play store for all Android handsets.

Lord Shri Ram Theme

Size: 4 MB | Rating: 5-star (based on 135 reviews)

Wish to give your phone a Lord Ram-themed makeover? Simply launch this app, and it will take care of everything. From folders to wallpapers, all the elements on your phone screen will get a cool black-and-gold colourway, complete with 3D screen navigation and interface effects. We particularly recommend this app for its stunning wallpaper featuring the revered Lord himself.

Ram-Pratistha

Size: 13 MB | Rating: 5-star (based on 569 reviews)

With over 50,000 downloads already, the Ram-Pratistha app can be accessed in a dozen languages, offering great accessibility to mantras for all devotees. The app features several videos, audio, and text of mantras such as Shri Hanuman Chalisa, Shri Hanuman Katha, as well as offers blessings of Goswami Tulsidas Ji and Rashtriya Sants.

Saregama Bhakti

Size: 24 MB | Rating: 4.6-star (based on 7.29k reviews)

With over 100,000 downloads, Saregama Bhakti is a great go-to app for spell-binding mantras, chants, bhajans, grants, aartis, stotrams, bhakti geet, and more. The app offers eight dedicated channels for devotees of Ram & Hanuman, Shiv, Ganesh, Krishna, Sai, Devi, Shabad Gurbani, and Nirgun. Devotees can access bhajans in both audio and video formats. While the app offers a TV service, which is an endlessly playing curation of bhajans, you can also pay for any specific video bhajans as several are available on demand as well. As a fun feature, the app offers a new bhajan every day as well as a new shloka every day — to keep nurturing the devotee in you. 

Little Ram

Size: 110 MB | Rating: 4-star (based on 8.09k reviews)

Why should grown-ups have all the fun? Little Ram is a surprisingly fun endless runner that works in the same way as Temple Run or Subway Surfer. You play as the young Prince Ram as he must chase down and stop the notorious Ravan before he wreaks havoc on the helpless residents of Shaanpur. Ram will have to parkour over obstacles that range from raging bulls to hot lava streams. The game has seen over 50 lakh downloads already, and is a great way to keep your young ones engaged.

Drawing Lord Ram

Size: 7 MB | Downloads: 50,000+

Want your kids to learn how to draw scenes from the Ramayana? Or just looking for a calming app to ease your nerves when you need it? Drawing Lord Ram is an easy-to-use app that offers detailed step-by-step tutorials on how to draw the Ram Temple and Lord Ram in a fun way. The best part? The app also provides instructions to help draw on paper as well, in case you wish your kids to learn a bit of art beyond the smartphone screen.