Monday, October 5, 2020

Myth Behind Dashain

 Anubhav Sigdel 

Grade 2 A    

 Genius IB World School        



Myth Behind Dasahin 






Dashain festival is celebrated for 15 days .Dashain is the festival which is celebrated by the Hindus to mark the victory good over the evil.

 This year, Dashain festival starts from 17 October to 26 October 2020.1 Kartik to 14 Kartik.

Dasahin symbolize  the victory of god over evil.Hindu mythology the demon mahisasura had created  terror in the devaloka (the world where god lives).But durga killed the rakshas.(Demon)                                   

We called Dashain as Bijaya Dashami  Vijaya means victory and Dashami means tenth. So, the tenth day of Dashain is the most important. After that, last five days of the festival is the celebration of the victory.






Why We Celebrated DAshain ?

*Durga Mata killed the Demon.

*Gods Win victory over evil.

*We get blessings from elders .

*We celebrate quality Time with family.

*We celebrate 15 days dashain and we fly kite as well.

*We put tika jamara and  blessing and they give us Dakshina.

*We Worship goddess \durga  for nine days.

Why we fly kites?



When we fly the kites in the sky ,we are letting our ancestors in the heaven know we are doing fine.

Kites flying informs the god of rain ,Indra to stop the rain as the harvesting season is satarting


 Dashain Festival celebrate for fifteen days, among which the most important dates are the following 



firstday Ghatasthapana 

Seventh day Fullpati , 

Eighth day  Mahaastami , 

Ninth day Nawami and 

 Tenth day Bijaya dasahami Tika.

Day 1 Ghatasthapana,

Ghatsthapana is  first day of Dasain Festival. On this day, the kalasha is filled with holy water, then mixed with barley seeds and cow dung, finally delivered to the priest to pray for the blessings of the Goddess Durgar. After some days later fivve or six inches long yellow grass would thrive in the kalash….

 

Day 7 Fulpati

fulpati is observed on the seventh day of Dashain festival. In Nepali,"Ful" means flower and "Pati" means leaves and plants. There is a tradition in Nepal to bring nine types of Fulpati into homes on the seventh day of Navaratri. Saptami is the seventh day of Vijaya Dasami festival. This year Satami is on Kartik 7 2077 That is October 23  2020 in English calendar.

Day 8: Maha Asthami

Maha Ashtami’ is considered special as Goddess Durga is said to have attained power on this day. Hindu devotees offer special worships to the goddesses Mahakali, Mahalaxmi and Mahasaraswati. People also worship weapons, vehicles and machinery parts . Eighth day is a bloody day in Dashain Festival people cuts Goat buffalo chicken etc and Eat Prasad. 

 Day 9: Maha Nawami

The Navami, which is called as Maha Navami relating it to the great festival, is the ninth day of Dashain  Festival This is the last day of Navratri, which means the worship of the Goddesses are held high, and end this day since next day is the Bijaya Dashami.


Day 10: Vijaya Dashami,

On this day, women devotees prepare the Tika (mix of yoghurt, rice and vermilion) that is further applied to the foreheads of younger family members with the Jamara as they seek elderly blessings. This big red Tika symbolises the blood that unites a family.

Day15 Kojagrat Purnima

Nepali Hindus are observing the Kojagrat Poornima (full moon day) today as part of the final day of the 15-day Bada Dashain festival by worshipping and paying homage to Mahalaxmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity. The Bada Dashain festival formally ends this day .

 Some Clips Of  DAshain Celebrations At Bardiya 
















Dashain Traditions

Flying Kites

Playing Card games 



Cleaned Home            



Purchase new clothing   



 Playing Temporary swings  


Animal sacrifices   



 Eating Delesious Food



                             THANk YOU

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