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Why we celebrate Dussehra?

 


  • Every year the first 10 days of Asviga month in Hindu calendar are celebrated as Dussera in India

  • The tenth day of them is celebrated as Vijayadashami 

  • Almost everyone in India celebrates this festival

  • But so many of them didn’t know why we celebrate it 

  • That is what we are discussing here

  • The reasons why we celebrate Dussehra or Navaratri


  • The first and foremost reason to celebrate Dussehra is 

  • 1. Celebrating the slaying of demon Mahishasura

  •  Once upon a time, there was a powerful demon named Mahishasura 

  • Under whose leadership all the demons asuras waged a war against the demigods and defeated them 

  • Then the demigods go to goddess Durga and pray for help 

  • Then Durga Devi, the divine mother, mounted on a lion and 

  • fought with mighty demon Mahishasura for nine days in night avatars means 9 different forms 

  • That avatars are Balatripurasundari Devi, Annapurna Devi, Gaytri Devi, Mangala Gauri Devi, Saraswathi Devi, Lalitha Tripura Sundari Devi, Mahalakshmi Devi, Durga Devi and Mahishasuramardhani Devi or Bhadra Kali Devi  

  • And then on the tenth day, Durga Devi killed Mahishasura and turned into her rest form as Raja Rajeswari Devi

  • This day is celebrated as Vijayadashami for the victory of good over evil 

  • In India, especially in south India Durga Devi idol is decorated as all of the avatars during that ten days 

  • This is one reason for the celebration of Dussehra


  • 2. Celebrating the victory of Lord Rama over Ravana 

  • It was on this day that Lord Rama killed the ten-headed Ravana,

  • who had abducted His wife Sitadevi.

  • This is the reason why this day is called Dussehra

  •  The word Dussehra is derived from the Sanskrit words Dasha(ten) and Hara(Defeat)

  • People celebrate this victory of righteousness over evil by burning the long statue of Ravana made with crakers.

  • It is called as Ravana Dahana


  • 3. Ending of Pandavas Exile(Vanavasam)

  • When Pandavas lost a game Pachakalu means Dice game to Kauravas,

  • They were banned from the kingdom to live in the forest for 12 years(Vanavasam) and incognito for a year (Aranyavasam)

  • After 12 years of exile, they lived in the kingdom of Virata for one year for incognito life.

  • During that year they wrapped their weapons in a cloth and hidden them on a branch of Shami tree outside the kingdom

  • According to Mahabharata, on the day of Vijayadasami, 

  • they successfully completed their one year of incognito life.

  • On that day, Arjuna collected the weapons on the Shami tree and defeated the Kauravas who attempted to steal the cattle of King Virata

  • Since that day, Shami trees and weapons have been worshipped on the ninth day of Navaratri 

  • To symbolise this specific event in the Mahabaratha 


  • 4. Sarasvathi puja 

  • In all the days of Navaratri 

  • The day of Mula nakshatra is more auspicious

  • Because on that day Durga Devi is decorated as Saraswathi Devi the goddess of learning

  • On this day many people do one special pooja for their children called Akasharabaysam means learning to write for the first time.

  • From the old times, it is believed that, if we start our learning for this day we will be successful.


  • 5. The Beginning of the harvest season

  • Vijaya Dashami also marks the starting of the harvest season

  • People seek the blessings of mother earth for a good harvest by performing pooja 

  • Every living being lives by eating food grains, 

  • These food grains are produced only with the help of soil and water

  • In the olden times, water is obtained only with rains 

  • At that time Panchabuthalu means air, water, fire, sky, earth are considered as demi-gods.

  • So to get good rainfall they have to impress these demigods

  • For that, they perform poojas for these demigods on Vijayadashami and starts harvesting

  • They believe that if they harvest in this way they will get a good yield

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  • These are the reasons why we celebrate Vijayadashami

  • The main reasons to celebrate it is the victory of good over evil and

  • And to respect the 5 sources Pancha Bhuthalu which give us the food we daily eat 

  • So always stay good in a righteous manner and 

  • respect all the persons from farmers to cook 

  • who use that 5 sources correctly and make our food.

  • And at last a Very Happy Dussehra to you all

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