Dussehra Festival Special Sweets in Gujarat India - Sweet Shops on Vijaya Dashami

Dussehra is also known as Dassara, Dashera or Vijayadashmi. It is celebrated on the 10th day of Navratri. Dussehra festival is a mark of victory of good over evil. This day marks lord Rama’s victory over daemon Ravana and also Goddess Durga over the daemon Mahishasur.

Dussehra is celebrated all over the India but in some different manner but one common thing is Sweets. People are enjoying Sweets on this day to celebrate victory of good over evil. Especially in Gujarat there are various kinds of sweets available for this day as gujarati people loves to have sweet dishes.

In Gujarat this day is enjoyed with Fafda-Gathiya and Jalebi. This is such a yummy combination which is evergreen dish for gujarati people especially on Dussehra. Many sweets are available in market including Bengali sweets and namkeens but people favors for fafda and jalebi.

The Dussehra festival sweets includes Kaju Katli, Barfi of different taste, Gulabjamun, Jalebi, Halwa in different varieties, Apple Rabdi, Kheer and many more. All other sweets are made before and showcased on the day of Dussehra but Jalebi is made for the whole day so people can enjoy fresh and hot jalebi.

Fafda-Gathiya is made from gram flour and Jalebi is made from Maida flour. So there can be other sweets also at different states. The people are also looking for sweet bevarages like lassi, milkshake and lemonade.