Vijayadashami is the final day of the 10-day Indian festival Durga Puja, which celebrates goddess Durga’s victory over the demon king Mahishasura and her departure to Mount Kailash. It is celebrated in the month of Ashvin, or Ashvina, the seventh month of the Hindu calendar, which falls in September–October in the Gregorian calendar.
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