Dussehra

   By Pratiksha


The festival of Dussehra celebrates the victory of good over evil. It takes place on the tenth day after the nine days and nights of Navratri. It is a Hindu festival which is widely celebrated across India,however , it known by different names in different  states. Dussehra in Goa is commonly known as "DASRO" in konkani.

This is celebrated as the day that lord Rama,an avatar of  lord Vishnu defeated the demon Ravana who had kidnapped Rama's wife, Sita.  Lord Ram and his brother Lakshman, along with their disciple,the Hanuman travelled to lanka where Ravana's fortress was located.Rama had obtained special knowledge from the goddness Durga about Ravana's vulnerabilities and how to ultimately kill him. the defeat of Ravana by Lord Rama took place on the day of Ashvin Shukla Dashami, today known as Dussehra.

The day is considered an auspicious day on which to launch new ventures, buy a new vehicle etc. and poojas are done for cars and machinery which are then garlanded with torans made of marigold flowers. In the temples too, dussehra poojas is carried out followed by lavish processions.

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  1. Sherida’s compost blog20 September 2017 at 05:32

    Wow... I lke the information provided on it as I got to no what Dussehra really means ...

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  2. Unknown20 September 2017 at 10:04

    Thank you for this information...told me many things which I did not knew about dussehra 😊

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  3. Đàrshäńa 21 September 2017 at 21:37

    This information is very useful...

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  4. Unknown22 September 2017 at 05:36

    Nice information

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  5. Unknown23 September 2017 at 03:55

    Wooow.... Amazing blog pratik...got to knw a lot bt dusshera... Even wt I dint knw.. Thnxx... Gd 2 c dt u did it on Goan customs n traditions

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  6. Unknown26 September 2017 at 08:59

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  7. Unknown1 October 2017 at 04:37

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  8. Chaitali3 October 2017 at 07:10

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