I think, You have mixed up the two issues of Ramayana and Mahabharata . Ramayana era prceeded Mahabharata era. Dussera festival started from Mahabharata era is misnomer.
1. Pandavas hidden their weapons ( ayudh ) in vani tree during their one year exile . They retrived their weapon from vani tree on dasami day. As customary in those days they did puja to the weapons on vani tree before getting them back . hence the ayudha puja in north india began on vijay dasami day. 2. In south indian states ayudha puja is celebrated on Navami day i.e day of saraswati puja . Their celebration is based on victory of chamundeshwari devi on demons. 3. Lord Rama got victory over King Ravana on Vijaya Dasaami day. They rested their weapon after doing puja to them and celeberated the victory as dussera day. It so happened that both the events in Mahabharata and Ramayana on dasami day. I hope my interpretation of vijaya dasami is adept. * * * * ** * * <http://sig.graphicsfactory.com/>* நல்லதுசெய் நல்லதே நடக்கும் *जन सेवा ईश्वर सेवा * *cnu.pne* On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 6:52 PM, rama rao <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > I GOT A SMALL DOUBT.. > I REQUEST OUR MEMBERS PL CLARIFY... > DURING DUSSERA FESTIVAL, IN ANDHRA, PUJA TO JAMMI TREE WILL BE DONE IN > ORDER TO BRING THE WEAPONS FROM THE TREE BY ARJUN..TO COMMEMORATE.. > AGAIN ON THE SAME DAY, THEY USE TO BURN THE EFFIGY OF RAVANA... > RAVANA BELONGS TO THE TIME OF RAMAYANA... > THE WEAPONS, JAMMI TREE ETC., PROCEDURE BELONGS TO THE TIME OF BHARATAM.... > HOW THESE TWO ARE SYNCHRONISED DURING DUSSHERA FESTIVAL... > 2) DUSSERA FESTIVAL STARTED FROM THE TIME OF PANDAVAS.. > I BELIEVE.. > HOW CAN IT BE POSSIBLE THAT RAMA KILLED RAVANA ON VIJAYADASHAMI DAY... > > >
