NT Staff Reporter
Panaji Oct 21: Dussehra or Vijayadashami, the festival of victory of good over evil, will be celebrated tomorrow, which will mark the end of Navratri or nine holy nights.
The festival of Dussehra, symbolised by garlands of marigold flowers and leaves of the mango tree, will also have various religious functions in the temples, especially those of the Goddesses.
The event will also witness kaul or blessings of the deities accompanied by tarangas or sacred insignia of the Goddess Earth in the form of holy umbrellas, in temples at Ramnathi, Shiroda, etc.
Navratri, which begins on the first day of the Hindu calendar month of Ashwin with sowing of various cereals in ghat or earthen pot and worshipping it after ghatasthapana for nine days, ends on Dussehra day.
The day also marks worshipping the implements, tools and equipments of work. The people will further be seen exchanging the leaves of Apata tree, relating them to a story in the Hindu mythology which speaks about a miracle wherein leaves of the tree had turned into gold on the day of Vijayadashami.
The festival is considered to be an auspicious day for starting new ventures.
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