New Delhi: Vijayadashami, to be celebrated on Thursday, signifies the victory of good over evil, justice over injustice, truth over falsehood, and light over darkness.

The festival is celebrated across the country, commemorating the end of Ravana at the hands of Lord Ram, and also by organising Durga Puja, which ends on this day.

In one of the renditions of the Ramayana, there is a mention of a link between the two events. “Though according to texts, Durga Puja was first conducted by Raja Surath, along with Samadhi Vaishya; the time then was Spring,” said priest and Vedic astrologer Gopal Bhattacharya.

Legends have it that Raja Surath worshipped the Goddess as Mahishasuramardini Durga somewhere in Bolpur, near Santiniketan, in West Bengal’s Birbhum district.

Mahishasuramardini depicts

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