Vijaya Dashmi Story | Dussehra Festival History

Once there was a demon or asura named Mahishasura (in the form of buffalo), he was a very powerful demon so he decided to conquer all the three worlds, he began to pray for Brahma to get a boon after his years of Tapasya one day Lord Brahma presented himself in front of him and he got a blessing from Lord Brahma that no men in the universe can kill him. After the boon, he grew very powerful and created havoc on the earth, and even Lord Shiva and Vishnu were unable to restrain him. Under his leadership, the Asuras were able to defeat the Devas, the world was crushed under his tyranny, then Devas joined their energies into Shakti which coalesced to form the goddess Durga, after nine days and nights finally on the tenth day of Ashvin Shukla Paksha, Mahishasura was defeated and killed by Durga.