Vijayadashami or Dussehra is celebrated for different reasons majorly in India and Nepal, remembering Maa Durga's victory over Mahishasura restoring Dharma.
In the northern, central and western states the festival is called as Dussehra it marks the end of Ramlila thus, remembering Rama's victory over Ravana.
Vijayadashami celebrations include various processions to a river or an ocean involving carrying clay statues of Durga, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesh, and Kartikeya accompanied by music and chants, after which idols and images are immersed in water for dissolution and farewell.
On Dussehra various towering effigies of Ravana, which symbolizes evil are burnt with fireworks, marking evil's destruction. The festival also starts preparation for Diwali which is celebrated after twenty days of Vijayadashami.
In most parts of northern and Western India, Dussehra (ten days) is celebrated in honor of Lord Ram thousands of drama, dance and music plays based on Ramayana and Ramcharitra Manas are performed in outdoor fairs across in temporarily built staging grounds featuring effigies of Ravana, Meghanad and Kumbhkarana.
The performance art and tradition during the Dussehra was prescribed was the UNESCO as one of the "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity", these festivities include songs, narration, and recital based on Tulsidas Ramcharitra Manas.
Every festival is incomplete without any delicacies here are some mouth watering Dussehra sweets -
1) Jalebi.
2) Kheer.
3) Rasgulla.
4) Badam Halwa.
5) Chole Bhature.
6) Aloo Paratha.
7) Chana dal Vada.
8) Pulao.
9) Seviyan Kheer.
Symbols seen throughout Vijayadashami and Dussehra.
1. Bonfire.
2. Fireworks.
3. Sindoor Khela.
In many places of South India this festival is celebrated in the honor of Goddess Saraswati people clean and worship their instruments of livelihood and seek Goddess Saraswati's blessings.
Burning of Ravana effigies.
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