The Day of Dusshera is one of the most auspicious ones in the history of Indian Culture, Religion and Mythology. The fact that on this day eons of eras back, good prevailed over evil is an indication of the legacy that it left behind. On this day, supposedly in the Treta Yug Lord Rama eliminates the Demon Ravana and freed his Wife only to bring her back home. The Wife happened to be none other than the incarnation of the Goddess Lakshmi. It is said in Hindu mythological folklore that Ravana had kidnapped Sita and incarcerated her in Ashok Vatika, which eventually was raided by the Monkey Warriors when Rama defeated and killed Ravana in a fierce battle of arrows and egos.
Dusshera, also fondly referred to as Vijayadashmi, is celebrated on the Tenth Day of the Hindu Autumn Lunar Month of Ashwin. This usually falls in the months of either September or October or after the New Moon. On this day, the Ten Day Navratri culminates. In countries like India and Nepal where the festival is celebrated, huge celebrations spark off with effigies of Ravana and his brother Kumbhkaran and son Indrajeet are burned with crackers and rockets.
These huge effigies take months to construct and from top to bottom are loaded with fire crackers. The moment they are lit up, the effigies start disintegrating within no time and get burned very quickly. One does not have to think too much into their burning for their disintegration does not even take a split second.
The culminating evening truly signifies the triumph of good over evil and marks a new dawn, a new era. One ushers into time where positivity prevails over negativity and one does not get to think of anything else other than optimism.
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