What is Mahishashur Jayanti?
{{Infobox holiday | type = | holiday_name = Mahishasur Jayanti | observedby = [[Asur]] [[Santal]] and other [[Adivasi]] tribes | date = Celebrated around [[Durga Puja]] | relatedto = [[Durga Puja]] & [[Navratri]] | image = Mahishasura statue at the Chamundeswari Temple, Mysuru, Karnataka, India (2005).jpg | caption = Mahishasura on Chamundi Hills, Mysore }} '''Mahishasur Jayanti''', also called Mahishasur Martyrdom, is a holiday celebrated by [[Adivasi]] and [[Dalit]] groups in the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=कुमार|first=Anil Kumar अनिल|date=2016-10-20|title=The Mahishasur movement: Challenging savarna nationalism|url=https://www.forwardpress.in/2016/10/the-mahishasur-movement-challenging-savarna-nationalism/|access-date=2021-12-21|website=Forward Press|language=en-US}}</ref> They believe the Mahishasur myth is unjust and mourn his death around the time of [[Durga Puja]] and [[Navaratri]]. == Legend == [[File:Dasai Dance at the streets of Purulia district 03.JPG|250px|thumb|right|Dasai Dance at the streets of Purulia district]] [[Santali interpretation of Mahishasura | Durga]], (Bangla:হুদুড় দুর্গা) now known as Mahishasur, was the leader of the Kherwals on a land called Chaicampa (চাইচম্পা). When Aryans came they wanted control over the land so, they hired a Aryan women to marry him. On the ninth night of their honeymoon, she killed him in his sleep.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-05-20|title=Hudur Durga (হুদুড় দুর্গা) -|url=https://www.aainanagar.com/2017/05/20/hudur-durga/|access-date=2021-12-21|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118161141/http://www.aainanagar.com/2017/05/20/hudur-durga/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Kherwals fled the land. The women who was hired to kill him is now worshiped in mainstream [[Hinduism]] as a [[Mother goddess]], [[Durga]]. ==Related pages== * [[Santali interpretation of Mahishasura]] * [[Fusulun Fi Adianil Hind]] * [[Al-Hindusiat wa Tasur Bad al-Firak al-Islamiyat Biha]] == Refe