Dussehra and Dashami: The beginning and the end
Dussehra is celebrated on the tenth day of the Hindu month of Ashwin. This festival is celebrated not just in India, but in some of our neighbouring countries as well. Much zeal is put into the celebration of this festival in Nepal and Bangladesh. This day apart from the famed defeat of Ravana Rama, also marks the beginning of the harvest season with farmers praying for a rich crop. Dussehra also marks the end of the incognito life. The five brothers had hidden their divine weapons in the hole…
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