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56. Dussehra Essay 

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Dussehra is a ten days and nine nights long Hindu festival. It marks the victory of 
goodness over evil power such as victory of Rama over Ravana and victory of Durga over 
Mahishasura. 
ESSAY ON DUSSEHRA 
Dussehra is a most important Hindu festival celebrated every year by the Hindu people all 
over the country. It is a religious and cultural festival which every kids and children must 
know. In the schools and colleges, essay writing is a common and most effective way to 
enhance knowledge and skill of the students. We have provided here various paragraphs 
and essay on Dussehra for the students. They can select any Dussehra essay given below: 
DUSSEHRA ESSAY 1 (100 WORDS) 
The festival of Dussehra is also known as Vijayadashmi and celebrated with great joy and 
enthusiasm by the Hindu people all over the India. It is one of the most important religious 
festivals of the India. According to the historical beliefs and most famous Hindu scripture, 
the Ramayana, it has been mentioned that Lord Rama had performed a chandi-puja (holy 
prayer in order to get blessings of the Goddess Durga Mata to kill the powerful demon, 
Ravana. Ravana was ten-headed demon king of the Sri Lanka who had kidnapped the wife 
of Lord Rama, Seeta to take revenge of his sister, Suparnakha. From then, the day Lord 
Rama killed Ravana was started celebrating as the Dussehra festival. 
Dussehra 
DUSSEHRA ESSAY 2 (150 WORDS) 
The festival of Dussehra (also called Vijayadashmi) is celebrated every year by the Hindu 
people all over the country. It falls every year in the month of September or October before 
twenty days of Diwali festival. It is celebrated by the Hindu people in the happiness of 
winning of Lord Rama over the demon king Ravana. The festival of Dussehra indicates the 
victory of truth over evil power. The day Lord Rama got victory by killing the demon king 
Ravana started celebrating as the Dussehra festival by the people from ancient time. 
In the ancient time, Prince Rama was exiled of his kingdom of Auyodhya for 14 years to the 
forest. During the last year of his exile, Ravana kidnapped his wife, Seeta. It is said that 
Lakshman had cut the nose of sister of Ravana that‟s why Ravana kidnapped Lakshman‟s 
sister-in-law, Seeta. People celebrate this festival with lots of joy and faith.