Good Morning Friends,
Yesterday was Dasara. Manav Parivar organizes Garab for the firstday. The whole day was so busy with the prepration of garba. The event was schedule form 9-00 pm to 11-00 pm. We were expecting 200-250 people to visit. I am going to share that event and pictures of this Garaba event in next post. Here I like to talk about Dasara.
Dasara, also called “Navaratri”, is among the most important festivals celebrated in India. Unlike the festival of Dussera – “the festival of joy,” this is celebrated for 10 days in some parts of the subcontinent.
The Festival of Dasara concludes the festival of Navaratri, and the holy day also commemorates the triumph of good over evil. Forms of celebrations can take on a wide variety of manifestations, ranging from worshipping the goddess Chamundeshwari (Durga) to exhibiting colorful toys on the day of bombe habba in Kannada.
Dasara also marks the victory of Lord Rama over Ravana. People visit each other and exchange sweets. On this day, people worship Aapta tree and exchange its leaves (known as golden leaves) as symbol of gold and wish each other a bright prosperous future . There is a legend involving Raghuraja , an ancestor of Rama, Aapta tree and Kuber. There is also another legend about Shami tree where the Pandava hid their weapons during their exile. In Maharashtra, people also ritually cross the border of their village / town. This ceremony is known as seemolanghan.
