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TOPIC- UNIT-23: Gala Fiesta

SUB-TOPIC- Dussehra and Diwali

LEARNING OBJECTIVE- To have a knowledge about Diwali and Dussehra.

DISCUSSION-

• Durga Puja is one of India’s grandest festivals. It falls in the month of
September-October.

• The festival marks the victory of goddess Durga over Mahishasur.

• It is the victory of good over evil.

• It begins on the same day as Navratri, a nine- night festival celebrating
the divine goddess.

• People celebrate Navaratri by dancing Dandia dance and Garba.

• Worshipping Maa Durga begins on the sixth day and ends with
Vijayadasami on the tenth day, where the idols are immersed.

• Idol of the Goddess are placed at various pandals with decorations.

• Vijayadashami is also known as Dussehra and it is celebrated at the end
of Navaratri.

• Dussehra marks the victory of Rama over Ravana.

• It is on this day the effigies of Ravana is burnt with fireworks, marking

the evil’s destruction.

• Diwali is celebrated twenty days after Vijayadasami.