A host of Kaurava warriors attacks Virata, presumably to steal their cattle, but in reality, desiring to pierce the Pandavas' veil of anonymity. Hearing about the death of Kichaka, Duryodhana surmises that the Pandavas were hiding in Matsya. Before going to Virata, they are known to have hung their celestial weapons in a Shami tree for safekeeping for a year. In the Mahabharata, the Pandavas are known to have spent their thirteenth year of exile in disguise in the kingdom of Virata. The festival commemorates the victory of Good over Evil. Finally, Dharma was established on the Earth because of Rama's victory over Ravana. Ravana has ten heads the killing of one who has ten heads is called Dusshera. A deadly and fierce battle takes place between Rama and Ravana in which Rama kills Ravana and ends his evil rule. Lord Vishnu incarnates as the human Rama to defeat and kill him, thus circumventing the boon given by Lord Brahma. After performing severe penance for ten thousand years, Ravana receives a boon from the creator-god Brahma he could henceforth not be killed by gods, demons, or spirits. Rama asks Ravana to release her, but Ravana refuses the situation escalates and leads to war.

Ravana kidnaps Sita and takes her to his kingdom in Lanka (present day Sri Lanka). Īccording to James Lochtefeld, the word Dussehra ( Devanagari: दशहरा) ( Kannada: ದಸರಾ ಹಬ್ಬ) is a variant of Dashahara which is a compound Sanskrit word composed of 'dasham'(दशम) and 'ahar' (अहर), respectively meaning '10' and 'day'. The same Hindu festival-related term, however, takes different forms in different regions of India and Nepal, as well as among Hindu minorities found elsewhere. Vijayadashami ( Devanagari: विजयदशमी ) ( Telugu: విజయదశమి) ( Odia : ଵିଜୟା ଦଶମୀ) ( Kannada: ವಿಜಯದಶಮಿ) ( Tamil: விஜயதசமி) (Malayalam: വിജയദശമി) (Bengali: বিজয়া দশমী) a composite of two words 'Vijaya' (विजय) and 'Dashami' (दशमी), which respectively mean 'victory' and 'tenth,' connoting the festival on the tenth day celebrating the victory of good over evil. The festival also starts the preparations for Diwali, the important festival of lights, which is celebrated twenty days after Vijayadashami. Elsewhere, on Dasara, towering effigies of Ravan, symbolising evil, are burnt with fireworks, marking evil's destruction. Vijayadashami celebrations include processions to a river or ocean front that involve carrying clay statues of Durga, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesha and Kartikeya, accompanied by music and chants, after which the images are immersed in the water for dissolution and farewell. Alternatively, it marks a reverence for one of the aspects of goddess Devi, such as Durga or Saraswati.

On the very same occasion, Arjuna alone decimated more than 1,000,000 soldiers and defeated all Kuru warriors including Bhishma, Drona, Ashwatthama, Karna and Kripa, a significant example of victory of good (Dharma) over evil (Adharma). In these regions, it marks the end of Ramlila and remembers god Rama's victory over the Ravan. In the northern, central and western states, the festival is synonymously called Dussehra (also spelled Dasara, Dashahara). In the southern, eastern, northeastern, and some northern states of India, Vijayadashami marks the end of Durga Puja, remembering goddess Durga's victory over the buffalo demon Mahishasura to restore and protect dharma. Vijayadashami is observed for different reasons and celebrated differently in various parts of the Indian subcontinent. It is observed on the tenth day in the Hindu calendar month of Ashvin, the seventh month of the Hindu Luni-Solar Calendar, which typically falls in the Gregorian months of September and October.

Vijayadashami ( IAST: Vijayadaśamī) also known as Dussehra, Dasara or Dashain, is a major Hindu festival celebrated at the end of Navaratri every year.

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