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Dussehra

4 stories on Dussehra, with original writing, linked sources and a little context.

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AI-generated illustration of a crowded Ramlila ground at dusk with a tall Ravan effigy and a giant cockroach effigy; not a photograph of the Pitampura event.

30-foot cockroach effigy burnt alongside Ravan at Delhi’s Pitampura Ramlila; organisers say it stood for filth

21 Oct2 min read8 sources

Night-time Ramnagar Ramlila scene with costumed performers beneath a decorated arch and spectators gathered around them.

In Ramnagar’s Ramlila, the audience travels with the story

Explained20 Oct2 min read3 sources

Musicians carrying large brass instruments among a crowded Kullu Dussehra procession, with decorated palanquins and hills beyond.

Kullu’s Dussehra brings the valley’s village gods together for a week

Explained20 Oct2 min read4 sources

A decorated wooden chariot and a crowd outside an illuminated building during Bastar Dussehra in Jagdalpur, photographed in 2017.

Bastar’s Dussehra lasts roughly 75 days and doesn’t involve burning Ravana

Explained20 Oct2 min read4 sources