The Prime Minister asked everyone to make 10 resolutions in their lives; that they would save water, promote digital transactions, cleanliness, vocal for local, make quality products, travel around the country before thinking of foreign lands, promote natural farming, prompting and adopting millets and fitness
Union Minister and Telangana BJP chief G Kishan Reddy attended a 'Ravana Dahan' ceremony on Monday night.
A local holiday has been declared in the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTR) region of Assam on October 25 on the occasion of Diwali and Kali Puja. The holiday has been announced in the districts Kokorajhar, Chirang, Baksa, Tamulpur and Udalguri.
The tallest effigies of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhkaran were burnt along with dazzling fireworks and crowds thronging the ground to cheer them on.
During the Dussehra festival celebration, effigies of Ravana are burned at many locations around India.
Hindu mythology refers to Ravana as an evil and an embodiment of the devil, it is no less than a god for these poor craftsmen and labourers.
Sehwag was known for his typical style of hitting the ball with minimum footwork.
The crowd present at the Ramlila ground also reportedly took a pledge to avoid the use of plastics, when the countdown to dispose plastic waste Ravana mechanically in a representative cement plant started.
Dussehra, also known as Vijayadashami, is a renowned festival of Hindus as it denotes the victory of good over the evil.
For many the characters in Ramayana are essentially straightforward. Rama is the hero, Sita the heroine and Ravana is the villain. However, those familiar with Hindu mythology would know there is nothing simple or linear about such epics. Here Sahapedia looks into the different narratives that gives us a backstory to how Ravana was once Vishnu’s true devotee.
