Talk:Dasara

Dasara and Navaratri are different

Nine days before Dasera are called Navaratri and Dasara falls on the tenth day (dashami) of the bright fortnight of Ashvin. Vijayadashmi-DasaraHspeaks 18:10, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

I agree with the above. Navratri and Dasara are definitely not the same thing, and Dasara is not celebrated for 10 days. This article needs to be changed, as it implies that Dasara is a 10 day festival celebrated alongside Navratri. (Dhruvtanna (talk) 15:31, 5 April 2008 (UTC))

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Confusion

"Dasara, also called "Navaratri", is among the most important festivals celebrated in India. Unlike Dussera, this is celebrated for 10 days in Southern parts.

The Festival of Dasara is celebrated on the occasion of Navaratri. Celebrations are unique ranging from worshipping goddess Chamundeshwari (Durga) to exhibiting colorful toys on the day of 'bombe habba' in Kannada. There is a story for exhibiting toys called as Golu. Since Goddess Durga needed tremendous power, all other Gods and Goddesses transplaced their power to Goddess Durga and so they all stood still as toys and to respect them in these days during which they must be worshipped, we pray toys which are in shape of Gods and Goddesses.

See also: Navratri

So what is Vijayadashmi???--Redtigerxyz (talk) 13:58, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Change to Disambiguation page

This was agreed at Wikipedia talk:Hinduism-related topics notice board/Archive 5#Dasara. - Fayenatic (talk) 19:20, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

As for what should be listed on the page, I am sure that many localities within India have distinctive forms of celebration, but they only need to be listed here if there is an article about them. Kullu Dasara has been added but I am removing it for now as Dasara is not even mentioned in the article Kullu. – Fayenatic (talk) 20:16, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

oops, just realised that Kullu Dussehra has been around for a long time, and added that. – Fayenatic (talk) 17:22, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Now that Dasara is a disambiguation page, please don't forget to fix the incoming links to Dasara and its redirect Dussehra so that they point to the right article. This tool makes the job easier. Thanks, Certes (talk) 14:00, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Regional meanings, 1 day or longer

As currently written, the article Mysore Dasara clearly refers to Dasara meaning a 10-day festival there in Karnataka. I am therefore re-adding Navratri which has just been deleted as a meaning of Dasara. – Fayenatic (talk) 20:14, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Dasara as disambiguation page

The following has been moved from a user talk page. – Fayenatic London

Thank you for adding interesting material to the page Dasara. However, it has previously been agreed to use that page as a disambiguation i.e. index page; see Talk:Dasara. Such pages should not have references or illustrations. Please would you move the additional content either to Navratri or Vijayadashami as appropriate? – Fayenatic London 20:18, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Not sure what is at issue here, or why Dasara should be a disambiguation page, so I have removed my edits. It seems rather bland, as is, saying only that Dasara is an important celebration. Obviously, it is more than that, and it must have a history. Do you have any suggestions?Fconaway (talk) 00:43, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

As the meaning varies, meaning a single day in some places and two weeks in others, it seemed best to avoid duplication, contradiction or WP:content forking by keeping the content just on the two pages Navratri, about the festival as a whole, and Vijayadashami about the 10th day. At present the page Vijayadashami does include an overview of Dasara celebrations in different parts of India, so I suppose that whole section should be moved to Navratri, leaving Vijayadashami to concentrate on the 10th day. Or can you find a way to distinguish what should be on a third page "Dasara"? – Fayenatic London 12:32, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

I do not know whether Dasara, or its analogs, which are found all over India, are an observance comparable to Easter or Passover, but in my opinion the present treatment diminishes their significance.Fconaway (talk) 21:22, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Would this be better?

• move the section in Vijayadashami about the whole festival into Navratri,
• redirect "Dasara" to Navratri, and
• move the current content to Dasara (disambiguation)

Perhaps some spellings e.g. Dussehra could redirect to Vijayadashami rather than Navratri. – Fayenatic London 19:50, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Ah, I see that one already does. – Fayenatic London 17:57, 8 May 2013 (UTC)