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[[File:Ram-Sita.jpg|thumb|Ram-Sita]]
'''''Jai Siya Ram''''' (or '''''Jai Siyaram''''') is a Hindi expression, translating as "Glory to [[Sita]] and [[Rama]]". Sociologist [[Jan Breman]] states that it was used as "a greeting of welcome in the countryside since time immemorial".<ref>{{citation |first=Jan |last=Breman |author-link=Jan Breman |chapter=Ghettoization and Communal Politics: The Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion in the Hindutva Landscape |editor-first1=Ramachandra |editor-last1=Guha |editor-link1=Ramachandra Guha |editor-first2=Jonathan P. |editor-last2=Parry |editor-link2=Jonathan Parry |editor-first3=Andre |editor-last3=Beteille |editor-link3=Andre Beteille |title=Institutions and Inequalities: Essays in Honour of Andre Beteille |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YzTuAAAAIAAJ |year=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-565081-5 |pages=270 }}</ref>

== Usage ==

=== Worship ===
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''Jai Siya Ram'' is used while worshipping Ram and Sita. It is often used during the recital of [[Ramayana]], [[Ramcharitmanas]] and Sunderkand.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P9_6pWqW10</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=6.1 Many Ramayanas: text and tradition - The Ramayan|url=https://www.coursera.org/lecture/india/6-1-many-ramayanas-text-and-tradition-KpEhe|access-date=2020-08-15|website=Coursera|language=en}}</ref> Many devotional songs with the theme ''Jai Siya Ram'' have been sung by singers such as [[Jagjit Singh]], [[Mohammed Rafi]] among others.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jai Siya Ram by Jagjit Singh|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/jai-siya-ram/1182062839|access-date=2020-08-14|website=Apple Music|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-08|title=Making Hinduism a monopoly business: Why Shiv Sena is wrong to prevent Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Ramlila performance|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/clicklit/making-hinduism-a-monopoly-business-why-shiv-sena-is-wrong-to-prevent-nawazuddin-siddiquis-ramlila-performance/|access-date=2020-08-15|website=Times of India Blog|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Jai Raghunandan Jai Sitaram (From "Gharana") (Full Song & Lyrics) - Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram - Download or Listen Free - JioSaavn|url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/song/jai-raghunandan-jai-sitaram-from-gharana/ET8oBhhgBFQ|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-15}}</ref> Similar songs have been sung in various regional languages.<ref>{{Citation|title=Jai Siya Ram|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/2neXaEKma7nDz7MGtL54yb|language=en|access-date=2020-08-14}}</ref> The chants of ''Jai Siya Ram'' are very common in religious places and gatherings, for example [[Kumbh Mela]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-08-30|title=Chants of 'Jai Shree Ram' fill air as sadhus march for holy dip|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/chants-of-jai-shree-ram-fill-air-as-sadhus-march-for-holy-dip/|access-date=2020-08-13|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Balajiwale|first=Vaishali|date=2015-09-14|title=More than 25 lakh devotees take second Shahi Snan at Nashik Kumbh Mela|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-more-than-25-lakh-devotees-take-second-shahi-snan-at-nashik-kumbh-mela-2124987|access-date=2020-08-14|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref>

=== In politics ===
On 5 August 2020, Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] started his [[Ram Mandir, Ayodhya|Ram Mandir]] ground breaking ceremony speech with Jai Siyaram.<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 August 2020|title=From Laos to Lanka, Ram is everywhere: PM Modi in Ayodhya|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pm-narendra-modi-ayodhya-address-bhumi-pujan-ram-temple-1708016-2020-08-05|access-date=2020-08-05|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=5 August 2020|title='Jai Siyaram' call resonating throughout the world: PM Narendra Modi|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/jai-siyaram-call-resonating-throughout-the-world-pm-narendra-modi/articleshow/77368737.cms|access-date=2020-08-05|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=5 August 2020|title=Long wait ends today: PM chants 'Jai Siya Ram' in Ayodhya|url=http://punjabnewsexpress.com/national/news/long-wait-ends-today-pm-chants-jai-siya-ram-in-ayodhya-117167.aspx|access-date=2020-08-05|website=Punjab News Express}}</ref> He also urged the attendees to chant Jai Siyaram.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-05|title=Ram Mandir Live Bhumi Pujan Updates: Ram Mandir will become the modern symbol of our traditions, says PM Modi|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/travel-tourism/ram-mandir-ayodhya-live-ram-temple-news-ram-janmabhoomi-photo-pm-narendra-modi-bhumi-pujan/2045135/|access-date=2020-08-05|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref> Modi also said, "The call of Jai Siya Ram is resonating not only in the city of Lord Ram but throughout the world today. I express gratitude to all citizens of this nation, Indian diaspora across the world and all the devotees of Lord Ram on this pious occasion."<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 August 2020|title=With Jai Siya Ram, PM Modi departs from Jai Shri Ram chant at bhoomi pujan|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/with-jai-siya-ram-pm-modi-departs-from-jai-shri-ram-chant-at-bhoomi-pujan-1708051-2020-08-05|access-date=2020-08-05|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

[[Priyanka Gandhi]] also used the expression in a tweet related to Ram Mandir on 4 August 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Khan|first=Fatima|date=2020-08-04|title='Ram belongs to everyone' — Priyanka Gandhi endorses Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan in Ayodhya|url=https://theprint.in/politics/ram-belongs-to-everyone-priyanka-gandhi-endorses-ram-mandir-bhoomi-pujan-in-ayodhya/474441/|access-date=2020-08-05|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Other uses ===
Slogans of Jai Siya Ram had also been chanted in the Supreme Court in 1992 by [[Vishva Hindu Parishad]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gehlot|first=N. S.|chapter-url=https://books.google.com?id=GQUa_diU1A8C&pg=PA216|chapter=16: Agony and Ecstasy in Ayodhya Tangle: Implications of the Revival of the Ram Temple Issue|title=Politics of Communalism and Secularism: Keeping Indians Divided|editor-last=Gehlot|editor-first=N. S.|date=1993|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|isbn=978-81-7100-497-3|page=216}}</ref>

Each stanza of the [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] folk song, "Expectation of Today's Wife", starts with the line ''Jai Siya Ram, Jai Jai Siya Ram.''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Vaid|first=Sunil|url=https://books.google.com?id=ST3AAAAAQBAJ|title=Don't Slap Your Wife: But Don't Get Slapped Either|date=2013-06-21|publisher=Random House India|isbn=978-81-8400-446-5|page=57}}</ref> The slogan has also been used as a greeting by the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) and the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS). During riots in Jaipur in the 1990s, the phrase was used to indicate that one is a [[Hindu]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mayaram|first=Shail|date=1993|title=Communal Violence in Jaipur|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/4400416|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=28|issue=46/47|pages=2530, 2532, 2536, 2537|jstor=4400416|issn=0012-9976}}</ref>

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