Mahishasura, a demon, had created terror in the dev-lok (the world of gods).
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Theses swings are normally constructed a week before Ghatasthapana and dismantled only after the festival of Tihar which comes after Dasain.
Dashain is named after the Nepalese religious festival, Dasain.
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From the mid-1980s, the Nepalese community in the United States began to develop a series of social, cultural and charitable networks, which include the celebration of certain religious and cultural moments as Dasain, Tihar, and the Nepali New Year.