India is a land of multitude cultures and a festivals .One of the most widely followed and celebrated of them is Dusshera, also knows as VijayaDashmi or Durga Puja, and is celebrated in different forms across the coutry.
This festival commemorates the victory of the goddess Durga (an incarnation of Parvati, consort of Shiva) over the demon Mahisasura. It is also celebrated as a remembrance of the victory of Lord Rama (an incarnation of Vishnu) over Ravana, the king of Lanka who had abducted Sita, wife of Rama.
Dussehra is celebrated at the end of Navaratri, a nine-day festival. Images of Durga are worshipped during the Navaratri festival and stories related to the goddess and to the conquest of good over evil are told. Navaratri is celebrated with great enthusiasm in Gujarat, Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Prayers, devotional songs and colorful rituals mark the occasion of Navaratri and Dussehra.Ramilila is another exciting feature of this festival where the story of Rama, the God King of Ayodhyaya is depicted in a dance-drama form on all ten days of celebration.
On the 10th day i.e. the day of Dussehra, buffaloes representing the buffalo-demon Mahisasura are sacrificed to the goddess. The evening of Dussehra sees the burning of the colorful effigies of Ravana, complete with 10 heads and curling moustaches, and those of his son and brother. This spectacle is marked by setting off of a fusillade of fire-crackers and the triumph of good over evil is commemorated once again.
The legend underlying the celebration, as also its mode of conduct, varies vastly by region; however, all festivities celebrate the victory of the forces of Good over Evil. It is also considered to be an auspicious day to begin new things in life. It is the largest festival of Nepal and celebrated by Hindu and non-Hindu as well.
There is another and little-known legend associated with this festival, one associated with the Mahabharata. During the exile period of 12 years that the Pandavas underwent after loosing a game against the Kauravas, they found it necessary to lay aside, for the length of the final year of their exile, the many divine and distinctive weapons that they possessed. These they hid under a 'Shami' tree in the vicinity* of their chosen place of incognito residence. At the end of a year, they returned to the spot, found their weaponry intact, and worshipped in thanksgiving both the Shami tree and the Goddess Durga, presiding deity of strength and victory. Meanwhile, the Kauravas had invaded that area, suspecting the residence of the Pandavas there. Upon finishing their devotions, the Pandavas made straight to battle, and won the contest comprehensively. The day that all these events occurred on has since been known as "Vijayadashami", where "Vijaya" is the sanskrit word for "Victory".
The Navaratri celebration is also an annual spectale in Maysore and is a must see for anyone traveling to this part of India during this time of the year. On Vijaydashami day, at the culmination of a colourful 10-day celebration, the goddess Chamundeswari is worshipped and then borne in a Golden Ambari or elephant-mounted throne, in a grand procession, through the city of Mysore from the historical Mysore Palace to the Banni Mantapa.Banni is the Kannada word for the Sanskrit Shami, and Mantapa means "Pavilion".All in all Dusshera is one of the most celebrated festivals in the Indian festival calendar. ..www.wikipedia.org
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