Dashami

Dashami is the tenth day of the lunar fortnight. On this day, one should eat only yoghurt and worship the ten goddesses who were created by Brahma on dashami tithi. These goddesses were born out of Brahma’s ear and their names were Pura, Pashchima, Uttara, Dakshina, Urddhva, Adhva, Agneya, Nairirta, Ishana and Vyavya. (These are also the names of the ten directions, namely, north, south, east, west, up, down, north-east, north-west, south-east and south-west.) The ten grooms to whom Brahma married these goddesses were Indra, Varuna, Kubera, Yama, Svayam, Sheshanaga, Agni, Niriti, Shankara (Shiva) and Vayu.