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This vibrant Hindu festival, also known as Vijay Dashami, celebrates the timeless victory of good over evil, marked by the epic tale of Lord Ram defeating the demon king Ravana to rescue his ...
External videos Footage of Amritsar Train Accident / The Quint, ANI Spectators were watching the burning of an effigy of Ravana as part of the Dussehra festival and had gathered on and around train tracks in the Joda Phatak [ a ] area on the outskirts of Amritsar when a commuter train ploughed into the crowd.
Bisrakh Jalalpur is a village near Kisan Chowk in Greater Noida (West), India.It is a part of Gautam Buddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh state. This village is said to be the birthplace of the king Ravana, who ruled Lanka in the epic Ramayana.
Vijayadashami (Sanskrit: विजयादशमी, romanized: Vijayadaśamī), more commonly known as Dassahra in Hindi-Urdu, [a] and also known as Dashāhra or Dashain in Bhojpuri, Maithili and Nepali, is a major Hindu festival celebrated every year at the end of Durga Puja and Navarahtri.
Navaratri has historically been a prominent ritual festival for kings and military of a kingdom. [4] At the end of the Navaratri, comes Dussehra, where the effigies of Ravana, Kumbhakarna, and Indrajit are burnt to celebrate the victory of good over evil forces. [61] Navaratri is also a festival for feasting with friends and family.
The festival of Dussehra is not celebrated at the Baijnath temple. Legends in the Puranas say that once king Ravana was worshipping lord Shiva in Kailash, and sacrificed his ten heads to be bestowed with invincible powers. With his wishes granted, Ravana requested lord Shiva to come along with him to Lanka.
The tenth day of the festival is called dussehra when the Raja organizes a darbar where people come and present their requests. Also aarti ceremony is held on the last day of dussehra. The dussehra festival is a famous event of India, but the dussehra of Bastar is completely different from the commonly known festival of the country. [2]
Kullu Dussehra is the renowned International Mega Dussehra festival observed in the month of October in Himachal Pradesh state in northern India. Wherein more than 4-5 lakh(400,000-500,000) people visit the fair from all across the Globe. It is celebrated in the Dhalpur maidan in the Kullu valley.