Dear Sriman Rajagopalan :
The Text for Raam Leela as practised 
in the Northern parts of India is:
Asvinya sthithE pakshE DasamyAm VijayOtsava:
KartavyO VaishNavai: sardam sarvatra vijayArtina 
- - - -Bhavishya Uttara PurANa : 15/661 ( Hari Bhakthi VilAsa)
(Meaning): If any VaishNava wants victory everywhere , 
then he should  celebrate the Vijaya Dasami day 
( Sukla Paksha Dasami in Asvina month) . This day
is the victory day of Lord Hari.
Tulsi Das also makes reference to Vijaya Dasami as
the day , when LOrd Raamachandra killed RaavaNan .
As you are familiar , Vijaya Dasami in each part of
India is celebrated with different traditions :
Durga pooja in Bengal , Golu and AksharAbhyAsam  
in Tamil Nadu/AP/Karnataka , Aayur Devi worship by 
the SiddhAs , Garbha and Dandiya dance in Gujerat 
etc . 
The central message is the victory over the forces of 
evil , darkness and Aj~nAnam . The spirit of Vijaya 
dasami has to be remembered every day .
V.Sadagopan 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "N.S. Rajagopalan" <gopalan35@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Ram Anbil" <ramanbil@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 1:39 PM
Subject: [Oppiliappan] Navaratri- URGENT
> 
> Respected members:
> 
> Navaratri is celebrated as Dasara in North India.
> It is the people's tradition there to burn effigy on
> Vijayadasami day. Their belief is Rama killed Ravana
> on Vijayadasami day.
> 
> I urgently need this information. Can any one quote
> this pramana slokam from Valmiki Narayana? I need it
> to day to answer a group. Thank you
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