

Dussehra Date: October 17, 2010
Dussehra is a major festival of India and in Nepal, and it is a public holiday.
Dussehra (Dasara) festival is celebrated typically in October. The mode and the fervor vary by a great deal across the subcontinent. Different parts of India celebrate the festival in different ways. Some celebrate it as Navaratri, some as Vijaya-Dashami, and some as Dussehra, in worship of Goddess Durga or celebrating Rama’s victory over Rawana. The celebrations vary from a day to nine days (for Navaratri) to a month (for Mysore Dasara).
Read more about Dussehra in India and Nepal . . .