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Happy Dashain wishes and Vijaya Dashami tika greetings in English and Nepali: blessings from elders, jamara, kites and family reunions.

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Formal Dashain wishes (10)

  • Please accept our best wishes on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami.

  • On this auspicious Dashain, we wish you and your family health and prosperity.

  • May the great festival of Dashain bring peace and success to you.

  • We extend our heartfelt greetings for Bada Dashain.

  • On behalf of our organization, we wish you a joyful Dashain.

  • Our offices will be closed for the Dashain holidays.

  • With warm regards and best wishes for Vijaya Dashami.

  • We thank you for your support and wish you a blessed Dashain.

  • May this Dashain bring happiness to all.

  • Best wishes for peace, prosperity and good health this Dashain.

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  • Dashain wishes image: Tika, jamara, blessings.
  • Dashain wishes image: Our house is full, our hearts are fuller. Happy Dashain, family.
  • Dashain wishes image: बडादशैं तथा विजया दशमीको उपलक्ष्यमा हार्दिक मंगलमय शुभकामना।
  • Dashain wishes image: Wishing you a Dashain full of tika, blessings and good food.
  • Dashain wishes image: May Goddess Durga bless you with strength, courage and peace.
  • Dashain wishes image: Happy Dashain, my love. Your smile is my brightest blessing.
  • Dashain wishes image: Happy Dashain to the team. Rest well and come back refreshed.
  • Dashain wishes image: यस पावन पर्वले सबैको जीवनमा सुख, शान्ति र समृद्धि ल्याओस्।
  • Dashain wishes image: Happy Dashain. Here is your dakshina. Save some, spend some.
  • Dashain wishes image: May this Dashain bring prosperity to your home and business.
  • Dashain wishes image: On behalf of our organization, we wish you a joyful Dashain.
  • Dashain wishes image: My kite lost again. But my appetite won. Happy Dashain.
  • Dashain wishes image: तपाईंको विश्वासका लागि धन्यवाद। दशैंको हार्दिक शुभकामना।
  • Dashain wishes image: Fly high this Dashain.
  • Dashain wishes image: Wishing our family peace, plenty and many more Dashains together.
  • Dashain wishes image: May the goddess bless your path with courage and kindness.

About Dashain

Dashain is the longest and most important festival in Nepal, lasting fifteen days in the autumn month of Ashwin (September or October). It celebrates the victory of good over evil, remembered through the goddess Durga's victory over the demon Mahishasura.

It begins with Ghatasthapana, when barley seeds are sown in a sacred pot to grow the golden jamara. The seventh day is Fulpati, the eighth and ninth are days of worship of the goddess, and the tenth, Vijaya Dashami, is the main day.

On Vijaya Dashami, elders put red tika on the foreheads of younger family members, place jamara behind their ears and give blessings and a little money. People travel across the country to receive tika from their elders, fly kites, ride bamboo swings called ping and share big family meals. The festival ends on Kojagrat Purnima, the full moon.

How people celebrate Dashain

  • Sowing jamara on Ghatasthapana
  • Receiving tika and jamara from elders
  • Dakshina from elders
  • Flying kites
  • Bamboo swings (ping)
  • Family feasts and new clothes
  • Visiting relatives for days after tika

How to wish well

  • Say "Vijaya Dashami ko hardik shubhakamana" (Heartfelt wishes for Vijaya Dashami) or simply "Happy Dashain".
  • Elders give blessings and younger people receive them; a message to an elder can ask for their blessing.
  • Many Nepalis abroad cannot go home; a warm message saying you miss the family tika means a lot.
  • Some communities do not celebrate Dashain; a general greeting of peace is kind for them.

Questions about Dashain

When is Dashain?

Dashain begins on Ghatasthapana, the first day of the bright half of the month of Ashwin, and the tika day, Vijaya Dashami, is ten days later, in late September or October. The official dates are published in Nepal each year.

What do you say on Dashain?

"Vijaya Dashami ko hardik shubhakamana" or "Happy Dashain". Elders bless younger people as they give tika.

What is Dashain tika?

A mix of rice, yoghurt and red colour that elders put on the forehead of younger relatives on Vijaya Dashami, along with jamara and a blessing.

What is jamara?

Golden-yellow barley shoots grown in the dark from Ghatasthapana, given as a sacred blessing with the tika.

How many days is Dashain?

Fifteen days, from Ghatasthapana to Kojagrat Purnima, the full moon. The main holidays are the seventh to the tenth days.

Is Dashain the same as Dussehra?

They fall on the same day and celebrate the victory of good over evil, but Dashain is a longer family festival with its own customs such as tika and jamara.

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