Dussehra is one of the popular festivals of India which signifies the victory of good over evil. It comes every year on the tenth day of Navratri. It’s another important festival of Hindus and has several stories related to it. These stories are from the Hindu epic Ramayana.
The Origin and Legend of Dussehra
Festival Dussehra draws its main origination from Ramayana. According to it, in Sat-yuga Lord Rama killed the ten-headed devil Ravana as he had abducted his wife Sita. The war fought between Lanka (Ravana’s Kingdom) and the vanara sena of Rama. As on one side, Ravana was with his full warriors and on another side, Lord Rama was accompanied by his brother Lakshmana, Hanuman and the vanara sena.
For commemorating the victory of Rama over Ravana, Dussehra also called Vijaydashmi is celebrated in India.
Assassination of Mahishasur
According to the Hindu mythological stories, there was a demon named Mahishasur who had acquired the undefeatable powers. With his superpowers, he had been troubling all the living beings and Gods of Swarg Lok. Even the supreme Gods like Lord Shiva, Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu couldn’t defeat him. That’s why they decide to figure out a different solution to restore Swarg Lok and free all the living beings of there. They gave rise to superpower named Goddess Durga who is the epitome of maa shakti. She had been given a superweapon by the supreme Gods to kill the devil. As promised, she killed the devil and the day is celebrated as Vijaydashmi.
