Reason for Dussehra celebration:
Based on the epic story of the Ramayana, it is a struggle between the forces of good and evil and the eventual victory of good over the evil. There are a number of reasons for the celebration of Dussehra festival. The most popular reason for the celebration of Dussehra festival in northern India is that on this particular day Lord Rama killed the Ravanna, along with his young brother Lakshmana, killed all the demons and their king Ravana and regained Seta. Finally, they returned to Ayodhya in Pushpaka Vimanam.
How to Celebrate Dusshera with the Family
Celebration of any festival with the family has no match. The happiness on everyone's face, the feeling of playing games and sharing happy moments with everyone is just incredible. In India, that's the special thing that people celebrate the festival with full of joy and more important with family. Here something you don't miss so we are briefly telling you what you can do for this festive season.
Celebrating the Traditional Way
Dusshera is celebrated throughout the country in acknowledgement of the victory of good over evil, and the festivities begin right from the first day of Navratri, continuing all the way till the 10th day. In honour of the festival, a special skit called Ramleela is conducted as a dramatic enactment of the great epic, where actors are dressed as Ram, Lakshman and other significant characters from the final moments of the battle, shooting flamed arrows at Ravana’s 10 headed giant effigy, and his brother Kumbhkarna and son Meghnath. The fireworks signify the elimination of evil, marking the end of the festivities.
Decorating the Home
You join in the revelry and festivities by decorating your home in honour of Dusshera celebrations by cleaning your space as, per popular belief, a tidy home invites positive energies and Heavenly blessings.
Begin by vacuuming, mopping, decluttering and sanitizing every part of your home and then adorning your entrance with a beautiful rangoli design. You can make it yourself with coloured powder, rice, sand or flowers or buy the readymade stickers available in the market these days.
Continue your decorations with lighting up your space with light strings of LED bulbs or diyas, not only to add to the festivities but also to eliminate all forms of negativity and darkness.
Fun Honors
Being an important Hindu festival, Dusshera is celebrated with great aplomb in almost every part of the country and you too can by honouring it the fun way. You can celebrate with your family and children by dressing up everyone as various characters from the Ramayana and performing the popular scenes from the epic tale, or narrate the stories of King Ram to your kids. Visit the local fairs and melas and watch the Ramleela, having fun with the symbolic representation of swords, gadda, masks and dhanusha during the performances.
As per other legendary beliefs, if you wear new clothes on Dusshera, you invite 10 new sets of clothes throughout the year. The brighter they are, the better life gets. In terms of accessories, the most jewellery worn during the festivities is Gold as it's considered God’s metal and women prefer wearing Sarees, while Men opt for Kurtas or Sherwani. Fabrics with intricate detailing and borders are a big hit.
Food is yet another essential part of the celebrations. You can prepare a feast with traditional Indian sweets and edibles that include South Indian fare like dosas and idlis or North Indian delicacies like aloo puri, and sweets like besan ladoo, badam halwa or kheer.
10 Dusshera Gift Ideas for Wife
When there is a festival near bu suddenly your wife's work will get increased. Now, she has to do a lot of preparation and she has to take care of guests too. Don't you think a small can make feel like even you care about her and her efforts towards making your house a home? A wife is the one person who has special power to make a normal house a happy home. So, this festive season, give her something which is gonna make a smile on her face and show her your special secret love.
Jewellery
Ornaments or Jewellery are precious and dear to most women, and Dusshera is one such occasion when you can gift her jewellery and surprise her with your thoughtfulness.
The Faux Pearls Embellished Necklace Set from Voyalla is a brass set, plated with yellow gold and ideal for formal ethnic occasions. Backed with assurances of quality and durability the Faux Pearls Embellished Necklace Set includes a necklace and a pair of earrings in a textured finish and geometric designs, measuring 5” in width. The earrings measure 16.3mm in width, while the length of the necklace is 63.5cm and the set is vibrantly adorned in Gold and Red colours, in a classic theme, weighing 73gm. The Faux Pearls Embellished Necklace Set is priced at Rs.2,149.
Beauty Gift Voucher
Gifting is not just a gesture of giving & receiving, but carries with it an emotion of warmth and best wishes from the giver to the recipient. And on that thought, the need for a personalized gift has become all the more valuable with time, as have the options and ideas for gifting. Even though the intent for a unique gift for loved ones is always important, there are times when you may not find an appropriate gift for the occasion or you run out of time.
For moments like those, Gift Cards or E-Gift Cards are the best option. It’s a one-stop-shop option for your wife, to beat the shopping queues and get instant gratification at the click of a button! At woohoo.in, you can get your wife a gift card for her Dusshera shopping with more than 100 brands available online.
Even better, you can gift her a luxurious and peaceful spa/beauty session to pamper herself or a gift voucher for buying some amazing organica/herbal goodies for her overall well-being. Available in different denominations.
Ethnic Apparel
As is true for any other Hindu Festival, on Dusshera as well, the pomp and fervor of festivities extends to Clothing and Fashion and even though, every part of the country has its own variant in the realm of apparel, there are certain common choices that are similar for most parts, like a heavy and rich Indian Garment, right from a Saree to Lehenga to Kurti.
These days, popular choices are more contemporary and cosmopolitan where women like to experiment with the usual choice of ethnic clothes, albeit styled differently. For instance, Lehenga Choli with heavy embroidery and embellishments, printed silk sarees or Anarkali suits.
The Orange & Pink Kurta from Myntra has been designed with a yolk styled notched round neck in a straight cut, with ¾ sleeves and side slits and attached lining. With a pair of trousers in Solid Orange colour, the bottom piece comes with a partial elastic waistband, a hook & eye concealed zip closure on the side, a pink & silver woven dupatta with a tassled border. The Kurta and Trousers are a blend of polyester & viscose fabrics, while the Dupatta is made in Viscose Rayon. The Orange & Pink Yolk Kurta Set you can get from Myntra at Rs.5,995.
Religious Gifts
Dusshera being a religious celebration mostly in addition to being a festive celebration, it’s only natural that most gifts end up being religious gift items to that effect. From Gold or Silver coins that symbolize happiness and prosperity being the most popular choices, there are other options like Mata ki Chunari, Mata ki Murat or Idols of Ram, Lakshman & Sitaji or pendants with deities engraved on them.
There’s Votive Tealight Candle Holder from Amazon, a beautiful L-Shaped Wooden T-Light Candle Holder with a picture of Shri Ram, Sita and Lakshman and Hanumanji by their side, enclosed in a wooden case with a complimentary T-light candle as well. Made of wood and tile, measuring 5.5” x 4” the votive T-Light candle holder comes in a set of 5 holders that are handcrafted with metallic lustre and lotus-shaped clay stone candles. Get it from Amazon at Rs.899.
A Sensuous Perfume
A fragrant blend of Rose, Jasmine, Freesia and Lily, with citrus notes of tangerine & blackcurrant that lift the floral tone, before a base of lemon tree and amber, Hugo Boss’s Femme Eau De Parfum comes in a 75ml, elegantly shaped bottle and is a sheer floral Oriental type fragrance representing the ultra-feminine beauty, giving off a silky smooth fragrance with a creamy musk aura. Hugo Boss Femme Eau De Parfum is one of the leading brands in the perfume market and is sure to win your wife’s heart all over again. It is available on purplle.com at Rs.4,380.
A New Watch
Daniel Wellington’s petite Melrose Black Dial Rose Gold Watch is a round-shaped wrist watch for women in a mesh strap measuring 32mm. with a Mineral dial window and analog display, the Melrose watch comes with a hook buckle clasp in a rose gold case and is about 6mm in thickness, made of stainless steel with the bandwidth of 14mm, black dial colour and bezel made of stainless steel with stationary function. With a Japanese quartz movement and water-resistant feature of 100ft, Daniel Wellington Petite Melrose Rose Gold Watch is priced at Rs.7,839 and comes with a 2 years’ international warranty, weighing 1.76 ounces and is available at clock.co.in.
Dry Fruits & Sweets
Dry fruits and sweets a regular feature in Indian Festivities and almost all special occasions. In fact, the celebrations seem incomplete with food and sweets keeping the merriment alive!
Here’s a combination of dry fruits and sweets to celebrate the festive occasion of Dusshera for your wife with the Carnival Cocktail Mix and Haldiram’s Dodha Barfi Gift Set.
Weighing 250gm and priced at Rs.499, the Carnival Cocktail Mix comes in an elegant PET/Can pack (nitrogen flushed) with a premium hand-selected quality of roasted & salted nuts with sweet black seedless raisins in a perfect assortment to create an ideal tempting eats.
while Haldiram’s Dodha Barfi comes fresh with every order with a shelf life of 30 days and is made of 100% natural ingredients, priced at Rs.330.
You can get The Carnival Cocktail Mix and Haldiram’s Dodha Barfi both from Amazon.
Kitchen Appliances
Help your wife cook her favourite dishes with ease using the Pigeon Induction Cooktop as a gift on Dusshera. An ideal addition to her kitchen, the Pigeon Induction Cooktop saves energy and time, making cooking a happy experience.
Black in colour with push-button control, the cooktop comes with a pre-set menu and cooking as well as heating functions, with an auto-off and power consumption feature of 1800W. Highly durable and lightweight, the Pigeon Induction Cooktop includes 7 pre-set cooking menus and comes packaged with the main unit, 1-year manufacturer’s warranty and user manual, It is available on Snapdeal priced at Rs.2,058.
Upgrade Her Mobile Phone
Expensive smartphones, these days may be far more interesting and visually appealing from a feature & specification standpoint, but the budgeted smartphones are not really that far behind! Even the most affordable and less priced smartphones come with most of the expensive variety features that include high-resolution screens, promising camera features, fingerprint sensors and 4G connectivity.
Whether your wife identifies with the perks of having a smartphone or not, she truly will appreciate your thoughtfulness and features of this Dusshera Gift, when you gift her a Redmi Note 7S device. With a 3GB RAM, 32 GB ROM that’s expandable up to 256GB, with a 16cm/2340 x 1080 FHD and Dot Notch Display, a 48MP + 5MP dual rear camera and 13MP front camera and a 4000 mAh battery, the Redmi Note 7S is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 processor and Available on tatacliq.com at Rs.9,661.
Electronic Items for Personal Use
An eye massager can help your wife and you too relax from the chaotic and hectic everyday life, at the end of a long day. One of the best gifts, you’d give her, the Breo Electric Portable Eye Massager comes with a plethora of amazing features that include, music vibration, heat compression and air pressure, to help her eyes relax and give her relief from stress or headaches, eye puffiness, dry eyes, sinus, and eye strain.
The device’s Bustin heat trophy can help accelerate her blood circulation and relieve her eyes of any strain, with a kneading/vibration effect adding to a comfortable massage experience. The Breo Electric Portable Eye Massager comes with 3 different modes of sleep ranging from mid to hard modes, with an elastic bend apt for different users. The Breo Electric Portable Eye Massager is available on Flipkart at Rs. 7,499 only. Check the price yourself also because online price usually fluctuates and who knows you may get it at cheaper price.
Bonus Tip: Eco-friendly Tips for Dusshera Celebrations
In celebrating our happiness and festivals, we tend to forget the mess and pollution our revelries create in the process in our immediate environment, disturbing the natural equilibrium. Here’s how you can celebrate Dusshera in an eco-friendly way, and retain Mother Nature’s bountiful reserves to the best of your ability.
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IDOLS:
Traditionally clay used to be the primary means of creating Idols. However, with the advent of Plaster of Paris, a building material, not only are the idols environmentally dangerous but also end up polluting the water bodies and disturbing the aquatic life when immersed. Hence eco-friendly models of Idols are most recommended for puja festivities. -
PAINTS:
Multiple options of colours and chemical paints used in the creation of the Idols are detrimental to water bodies and the environment, hence the use of natural colours made from flowers or other organic materials is a wise choice. -
DECOR:
Most Puja Pandals are decorated with plastic or thermacol products, which again generate a huge volume of waste and are non-degradable and hence pollute the environment. Use of naturally degradable items like bamboo or paper products is better.
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Make Her Feel Special and Try to be Consistense about Gifting.
Before you jump into this joyous festival, make sure you free yourself from stress, unproductive thoughts, and fill yourself with more positivity just how you clean house and bring gifts. Let this Dussehra bring a lot of happiness and prosperity in your life and your home. Kill all the bad thoughts should be your first priority. Gifting is nice but try to be nice with your life partner all the time. Caring is the only important thing she will prefer first. Try to gift her something all the time in a small small time interval and make her happy all the time. This will pour special sweetness in your relationship.