Vijaya Dashmi(Vijaya means victory and Dashmi means tenth day). It is celebrated in all over India.
Vijayadashami is celebrated not only in India, but also celebrated in many other countries like Nepal, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, China, Thailand, and Mauritius. Dussehra is symbolized as the victory of good over evil and teaches us, bad things never survive for a long time. Let’s discuss the celebration in different states of India.
Dusshera in North India
In north India, people perform Pooja in the morning and girls do tika on their brother’s forehead and pray for their long life. They prepare the variety of sweets. In evening there will be fair in every colony which followed by performing a drama of Lord Rama and Demon Ravana and then Lord Rama Kills Ravana and fires Ravana effigies. Children enjoy this whole movement and learn a lesson of victory of good on devilish. as it is believed that lord Rama kills demon Ravana on this day. The word Dussehra is derived from Sanskrit word Dasha Hara, means destroyer of the ten headed evil Ravana.
Dussehra of Kullu in Himachal Pradesh:
Dussehra is significant as a festival in Kullu. It is a cultural and traditional festival in state Kullu. Every year Dussehra is celebrated in Dhalpur maidan in the Kullu valley. History of Kullu says that back to the 17th century local King “Jagat Singh” installed a statue of Lord Raghunath on his throne as a mark of penance and then God Raghunath was declared as the ruling deity of the Valley.
Navratri of Gujarat with Gurba
In Gujarat, Dussehra is celebrated with a folk dance of Gujarat (Gurba), played during the nine days of Navratra. Garba dance is the main attraction of the festival as people gather over there from every state to join the dance on the folk songs.
Durga puja of Bengal, Orissa, Assam, Bihar and Jharkhand.
Dussehra is celebrated as Durga Puja in bengal, orissa and Assam as devotees believe that Goddess Durga kills evil demon Mahishasur on this day. The statue of Maa Durga is made and established beautifully in Pandals in Navratri in these areas. Durga pooja is performed from Sashti and followed by Saptami, Ashtami, Navami and a great Pooja held on the tenth day on Dussehra. Women offer Sindoor on the forehead and on each other of the goddess Durga.
Dasara of Mysore - Karnataka
Dussehra celebrated in Mysore is a representative of great harmony between historical and religious culture and very much popular around the world. The entire city is decorated with flowers, Diya, and bulbs lightening. The city is illuminated for a whole month during the festival season of Dussehra and Diwali. Elephants are leading a colorful procession through the vibrantly decorated streets of the city. The Mysore celebrations also strongly emphasize goddess Durga legend.
Bathukamma
Bathukamma is floral festival celebrated predominantly by the Hindu women of Telangana. Every year this festival is celebrated as per Shalivahana calendar for nine days starting Bhadrapada Amavasya (also known as Mahalaya Amavasya or Pitru Amavasya) till Durgashtami, usually in September–October of Gregorian calendar. Bathukamma is celebrated for nine days during Durga Navratri. It starts on the day of Mahalaya Amavasya and the 9-day festivities will culminate on "Saddula Bathukamma" or "Pedda Bathukamma" festival on Ashwayuja Ashtami, popularly known as Durgashtami which is two days before Dussehra. Bathukamma is followed by Boddemma, which is a 7-day festival. Boddemma festival that marks the ending of Varsha Ruthu whereas Bathukamma festival indicates the beginning of Sarad or Sharath Ruthu.
Bathukamma represents cultural spirit of Telangana. Bathukamma is a beautiful flower stack, arranged with different unique seasonal flowers most of them with medicinal values, in seven concentric layers in the shape of temple gopuram. In Telugu, ‘Bathukamma' means ‘Mother Goddess come Alive’ and Goddess Maha Gauri-‘Life Giver’ is worshipped in the form of Bathukamma – the patron goddess of womanhood, Maha Gauri Devi.
It is the festival for feminine felicitation. On this special occasion women dress up in the traditional sari combining it with jewels and other accessories. Teenage Girls wear Langa-Oni/Half-Sarees/Lehenga Choli combining it with jewels in order to bring out the traditional grace of the attire. The 2017 dates are September 20–28.[5] Day1- Engili pula Bhathukamma Day2-Atukula Bhathukamma Day3-Muddappappu Bhathukamma Day4-Nanbiyyam Bhathukamma Day5-Atla Bhathukamma Day6-Aligina Bhathukamma (alaka Bhathukamma) Day7-Vepakayala Bhathukamma Day8-Venna muddala Bhathukamma Day9-Saddula Bhathukamma brothers bring flowers to mom and sisters.
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