What is dasara.................?

What is the Dasara holiday all about?

• I heard about this holiday but I don’t know anything about it? Can anyone tell me more about Dasara?

• Answer:

  It's a colourfull exciting 10 day long festival celebrated al over india. It's all about craft, and production, celebrating beautiful and usefull things, banishing evil etc. This day marks the triumph of Lord Rama over Demon king Ravana. On this day, Rama killed Ravana. It contains a day when the best meals is cooked for a festival. On this day, people spend the day decorating the entrances of houses & shops with flower studded strings called 'Torans' (Floral Gateways). At night, effigies of Ravana, Kumbhakaran and Meghanad are stuffed with firecrackers and set alight. Children especially enjoy seeing this because of the beautiful fireworks on the ground. The festival, which is thought of as the "Victory of Good over Evil" and "Return of Rama from Exile" is celebrated in grand style. Because the day is auspicious, people inaugurate new vehicles, machines, books, weapons and tools by ceremonially asking god to bless the new items.