Speakers at a seminar said here on Sunday, September 10, that the history of Mahishasura had been suppressed and a myth had been spun by projecting him as a demon as he represented the indigenous people.
The Mahisha Dasara Organising Committee had organised a seminar on the ‘’Historical Perspective of Mahishasura’’ who is projected as a demon killed by goddess Chamundeshwari and Dasara is often held to commemorate the event and described as victory of good over evil.
But the resource persons said this was a myth spun by the followers of the ‘’Brahminical forces’’ or the ‘’Vedic forces’’ by suppressing the history of Mahishasura and mythology which, according to them, holds a grip on the masses and was exploitative in nature.
