Happy Dussehra 2018: Dussehra is celebrated on the 10th day of Navratri. It is also called  Vijay Dashmi. This year, it will fall on October 19. Exactly, Vijayadashami is a mixture of two words- Vijaya meaning victory and Dashami denotes to tenth. On the additionally, Dussehra is also resulting from two Sanskrit words- dasha and hara which mean ten and defeat correspondingly.

DUSSEHRA 2018  

The Dussehra which marks the victory of moral over immoral falls in the month of Ashvin, as per the Hindu lunar calendar. 

Dussehra is celebrated in different ways across India. While in North and West India, it is primarily about burning the massive statues of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarana, in Eastern regions, idols of Goddess Durga are immersed in water bodies.

In Jharkhand, Bihar West Bengal and, where Durga Puja celebration boosts from the sixth day of Navratri ends on Dussehra. As per myth, Goddess Durga waged a nine-day battle against Mahishasura, finally killing him on the tenth day.

In states like Delhi, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Ram Lila is organized which starts on the 1st day of Navratri and ends on the final day. Artistes perform on some epic arrangements from Hindu epic Ramayana. Prayers are chanted and folk songs are sung amidst the performances