India celebrates Dussehra
The whole nation celebrated with fanfare and traditional fervour the festival of Dussehra and the culmination of the Durga Puja. While the effigies of demon Ravana, his son Meghnad and brother Kumbhakaran were set ablaze in fiery splendour, devotees bid farewell to Goddess Durga amid beating of drums, and enthusiastic dancing.
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India celebrates DussehraThe whole nation celebrated with fanfare and traditional fervour the festival of Dussehra and the culmination of the Durga Puja.
While the effigies of Ravana, his son Meghnad and brother Kumbhakaran were set ablaze in fiery splendour, devotees bid farewell to Goddess Durga amid beating of drums, and enthusiastic dancing. -
India celebrates DussehraIn the national capital, President Pratibha Patil, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi were among a large number of dignitaries who watched the evil going up in smoke at the Ramlila Maidan.
