Dasara ( Vijayadashami )

All of us very well known about the Festival of joy called as Dasara being celebrated every year all over country ...Dasara also known by Vijayadashami , Dussehra ,Dashahara , Navratri and Dashain in Nepal ...

It is the festival of Victory of Good over the Evil ,God Over the Demon ...It is the festival of joy...Celebrated in Lunar Month of Ashwin.

It is celebrated with different reasons ...


According to mythologies on the day of Dasara Goddess Durga killed Cruel Demon Mahishasuran...

Victory of Rama over the Ravana is Celebrated as Dasara...

Pandavas defeated Kauravas on the day of Dush-hera .Pandavas went for Vanwas and a year Agyatwas , during the Agyatawas they hid their weapons in hole on "Shami Tree" , After the Agyatwas they took weapons and defeated Kauravas...So the Day is celebrated by exchaging Shami tree Leaves ...

There are lot of mythological reasons behind this day which shows the importance of the Day...

Day celebrated as Vyas Pooja...It is the day to honour teachers ...

It is the day to begin new ventures such as business , education , it assures one success...

It is the day Shivaji Maharaj was gifted with Bhavani Talwar by Goddess Bhavani...

It is celebrated in different ways across each part of country such as Mysore , Tamilnadu , Maharashtra , Karnataka , Orissa , Andra and Bengal ...