05/10/2022
HAPPY VIJAYADASAMI, DASHAIN KO DHEREI DHEREI SUBHAKAMANA! ❤
Vijayadashami, also known as Dussehra, Dasara or Dashain, is a major Hindu festival celebrated annually at the end of Navaratri in India and Nepal. We observe the tenth day of the month of the Hindu calendar of Ashvin, the seventh month of the solar calendar Hindu moons, which typically falls in the Gregorian months of September and October.
*REASON*
Vijayadashami is observed and celebrated differently in the Nepalese and Indian parts of the Indian subcontinent for various reasons. In the southern, eastern, northeastern and some northern states of India, Vijayadashami marks the end of Durga Puja, in remembrance of the goddess Durga's victory over the buffalo demon Mahishasura to restore and protect the dharma. In the northern, central and western states, the festival is synonymous with Dussehra (also spelled Dasara, Dashahara). In these regions it marks the end of Ramlila and commemorates the victory of the god Rama over Ravana. Alternatively, it marks a reverence for one of the aspects of the Devi, such as Durga or Saraswati.
*CELEBRATION*
Vijayadashami celebrations include processions to a river or shore, carrying clay statues of Durga, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesha and Kartikeya, accompanied by music and chanting, after which the images are immersed in dissolving water and goodbye. Elsewhere on Dasara, towering images of Ravana, symbolizing evil, are burned with fireworks to mark the destruction of evil. The festival also begins preparations for Diwali, the important festival of lights celebrated twenty days after Vijayadashami.
