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 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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