The entire nation celebrated Dussehra that marks the victory of good over evil by burning effigies of the ten-headed king Ravana and exchanging sweets.
The festival is also known as Vijaya Dashami, Dasara or Dashain in different places. This year, Dussehra was celebrated on 3 October.
It is believed that on this day, Lord Rama killed the king of demons Ravana and rescued Sita. Dussehra also marks the end of the auspicious nine-day festival called Navratri.
In this festive occasion, many Bollywood celebrities too hoped for love, happiness, peace and prosperity across the world and wished the nation to choose good over evil.
The B-town stars, including Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Karan Johar, Preity Zinta, Dia Mirza, Anupam Kher, Sidharth Malhotra, Sonakshi Sinha, Shraddha Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh and others took to the micro-blogging site Twitter to wish fans and family on this special occasion.
T 1633 - Vijay dashmi ki anek anek shubhkamanayein aur badhai .. Happy Dushehra !! pic.twitter.com/rl5kNqMc9b
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) October 3, 2014
"#HappyDussehra to all...love light and positivity to everyone...." tweeted Johar.
Kher took to twitter to wish all "Happy Dusshera to All. Love, Peace, Happiness & Harmony.:)"
#HappyDussehra guys....Miss being in delhi for this festival n going to see firecrackers n Ravan effigy being burned,may b next time... — Sidharth Malhotra (@S1dharthM) October 3, 2014
Triumph of Good over Evil - Dussehra ki Shubhkaamnayein
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) October 3, 2014
"Celebrate the victory of good over evil! Shubh Dasshera everyone :)" the "Dabangg" actress tweeted.
Ego,cruelty,lust,greed,anger,jealousy, injustice,selfishness,conceit and attachment are all vanquished by Durga Shakti. #HappyDussehra — Dia Mirza (@deespeak) October 3, 2014
"When good took over evil. When Haider took over Khurram. Happy Dussehra!" the "Haider" actress Shraddha tweeted.
Happy Dussehra folks ! Let's burn all things negative inside us 2day & purify our thoughts, our actions & our karma. Love n light 2 all :-)
— Preity zinta (@realpreityzinta) October 3, 2014
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