Happy Dussehra 2018 Celebrations : This is How Dussehra is celebrated Diffrent Regions of India

Happy Dussehra 2018 Celebrations:

 Dussehra is celebrated every year to reiterate the humankind’s faith in truth and righteousness. In the epic Ramayana, Lord Rama killed Ravana, the demon king of Lanka who had abducted his wife Goddess Sita. The festival marks the end of a 10 day long battle between Rama and Ravana with his death.

 In different parts of India, Dussehra celebration is varied. There are a lot of legends surrounding this festival, accounting for the different nature of Dussehra celebration in parts of India.

Happy Dussehra 2018 Celebrations

Happy Dussehra 2018 Celebrations in Northern India:

In Northern India, Dussehra marks the victory of Rama over Ravana. The celebration is characterized by, which is a special skit of scenes from Lord Rama’s life to teach valuable lessons to mankind. The highlights of Ramlila are ‘Bharat Milap’, when Rama unites with his brother Bharat during the exile, destruction of Ravana’s Lanka and the return of Rama and Sita to Ayodhya. Another feature of the celebrations is the burning of huge effigies of Ravana, his brother Kumbhkaran and his son Meghanad is wide open grounds. The ceremony culminates with a spectacular display of fireworks and distribution of sweets amongst the masses.

Happy Dussehra Celebrations in Himachal Pradesh:

Happy Dussehra Celebrations in Himachal Pradesh

 In Himachal Pradesh, the festival is celebrated for a week in the Kullu Valley. Idols of deities are brought to a wide open ground and the ceremony begins with the worship of the reigning deity, Raghunathji. Huge processions of over hundred deities are taken on the streets of Kullu.

In South India, small dolls called ‘Bommai Kolu’ are made by the women to decorate their homes. Dussehra celebration is a crowd puller because of their special rituals and extravagance. Grand Illumination of Mysore Palace and gala processions with idols of Goddess Durga and bejeweled elephants are an important part of the celebration of Mysore Dasara.

Dussehra 2018 Celebrations in Eastern India:

Dussehra 2018 Celebrations in Eastern India

In East India, especially West Bengal, Dussehra marks the end of the nine-day long festival. The idols of Goddess Durga installed during Navratri are immersed in water.

Dussehra Celebrations 2018 – Vijayadashami 2018

Happy Dussehra Celebrations 2018 – Vijayadashami 2018

Dussehra celebrations are dedicated in that day when 'Lord Rama' defeated demon Ravana. On this very day (In the Past), Lord Rama successfully was able to diminish the stature of Ravana on the earth, thus freeing it from the cruel practices of this demon. As this day is too auspicious on which win of good over bad took place, it is certainly a day to be celebrated. And after killing, Lord Rama met with her wife Devi Sita after a long time as Ravana with help of wrong deeds, took her away from Lord Rama. On this very day, Lord Rama decided to go back to their home, Ayodhya, which they have not visited for the past 14 years, as they were in exile. Read one story related to Dussehra in one of our articles. Dussehra is also called as Vijayadashmi with other names.

Now coming to the celebrations, we can say that this day marks the beginning of one month in which people following the Hindu religion indulge in massive celebrations. And why they shouldn’t be after all this is the major festival in India in the whole year. But Dussehra is not only limited to India, but also to the whole world.



 One very common practice during this time is burning of effigies of Demon Ravana, Meghnath (Son of Ravana) and Kumbh Karan (brother of Ravana). All sorts of preparation for this day start from around 1 month before. Long statue of these three with help of paper and bamboo sticks are made, and crackers are fitted inside them. No plastic or other stuff is used in this, only biodegradable material. On the day of Dussehra, they are set on fire.

But in Dusshera's India there is a different way of celebration While whole north India does, what is told above, in other parts of India, let’s say south they have other functions on this day. In states like Kerala and Tamil Nadu, they consider this day auspicious for starting education and called as Vidya aarambham. In the state of Karnataka, huge celebrations and possession are carried out on street. On the other hand in West Bengal, this marks the end of the 9 days ‘Durga Puja’. During this day, after the final prayers, Maa Durga is immersed in water, and it is like a warm goodbye to the goddesses. So West Bengal is itself submerged in celebrations of this day. We can see that celebrations are different but all have joy and happiness inside it.


 One thing which is of utmost importance and favorite among the all the age groups is to see Ramlila. Ramlila is a type of show which is carried that depicts the total story of Ramayana. It can be professional one also, and the crowd that turns out to see this is really something that anybody can’t miss. Special decoration and arrangement are done in order to provide people with the great experience of seeing it.

On the day Dussehra, people usually go to see ‘Mela’ (Fair) and then begins the fun. Different rides, eating sweets-chats-Pani puri, talks etc are quite the part of these celebrations. People make different dishes on this day at their home too. Some of them are ‘Jalebi’ (Sweet), Burfi (Sweet) etc. And every region of India has the different way of making these dishes. Since this day, it is a national holiday, people tend to celebrate it more. A family reunion etc is quite a common scene to be seen.

Happy Dussehra celebrations in the year 2017 were on 30th September.
Happy Dussehra celebrations 2018 in the year 2018 will be on 19th October.