Vijaydashmi or Dussehra, the 10 th day, is celebrated with feasting and rejoicing as her day of victory. Lord Rama is said to have worshipped the Goddess, seeking her blessing in order to overpower the evil force of Ravana, the abductor of his beloved Sita. The most joyous celebration of Navaratri is seen in Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Bengal. Every night people gather in courtyards to dance the dandiya raas and garba, a community dance in which men and women dressed in festive clothes, dance in pairs with dandiyas or painted wooden sticks. Community pujas in Bengal are organised in every locality.
Families visit each other to share feasts.
On Bijoya day, the idols are taken in elaborate processions for immersion in the river or the sea. The Ramlila-an enactment of the life of Lord Rama, is held nine days before Dussehra. On the tenth day, larger than life effigies of Ravana, his brothers Meghnath and Kumbhkarna filled with different fire crackers are set alight to celebrate the victory of good over evil. From the little temples in the hills, deities are brought in procession to the Kullu Maidan with lot of gaiety, music and colour. The presiding deity is Lord Raghunathji.