Dussehra

"It is also called Dasara, Dashahara, Navaratri and Durgotsav. Dussehra is celebrating victory of Shakti over Mahishasura and also of Lord Rama over Ravana. Vijayadashami is celebrated on the tenth day of the Hindu autumn lunar month of Ashvin, or Ashwayuja which falls in September or October of the Western calendar, from the Shukla Paksha Pratipada, or the day after the new moon which falls in Bhadrapada, to the Dashami, or the tenth day of Ashvin.

""Dussehra takes place on the 6th of October, 2011""

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