Vijayadashami Timeline

​2008

​UNESCO recognized the performing arts

​UNESCO inscribed the performance arts tradition during Vijaydashmi as an "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity."

​1500 BC

​The First Durga Puja Celebration

​Landlords of Dinajpur and Malda organized the first formal Durga Puja celebration.

​5114 BC

​The Story of Rama and Ravana

​Many historians believe this is the date for Ramayana — the story of the life of King Rama.