Dashain and Navratri: One Goddess, Two Ways to Celebrate

Every autumn, when the monsoon has gone and the rice is ripening, the Hindu world turns to the goddess Durga. In India, the nine nights of Navratri end with Dussehra. In Nepal, the same nine nights grow into Dashain, the biggest festival of the year, which goes on for fifteen days.

Both festivals tell the same story: the victory of good over evil. Yet a family in Kathmandu and a family in Kolkata, Ahmedabad or Delhi will spend these days in very different ways. Below we look at what the two festivals share, where they part, and how the goddess they honour appears in Hindu art. Read more at:
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