Banks will remain closed today to commemorate Ram Navami, a significant Hindu festival. As per the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) holiday’s list both private and public sector banks will remain shut in different states. However, digital banking services will remain operational, allowing customers to conduct transactions through online channels.
Ram Navami bank holiday: City-wise full list
Banks will remain closed in Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Gangtok, Hyderabad – Telangana, Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Ranchi, Shimla.
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Banks to remain functional in these cities
Banks will remain open in Agartala, Aizawl, Bengaluru, Chennai, Guwahati, Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh), Imphal, Jammu, Kochi, Kolkata, New Delhi, Panaji, Raipur, Shillong, Srinagar, and Thiruvananthapuram.
Stock markets to remain closed
The National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange will also observe holiday on account of Ram Navami celebrations. The stock markets will reopen on Friday, March 31.
Ram Navami is a Hindu festival that is celebrated in order to honour the birth of Lord Vishnu’s incarnation, Lord Rama. This day marks the end of the nine-day Chaitra-Navratri celebrations, which are celebrated in the Hindu month of Chaitra which falls on the cusp of spring and summer.
