CURATED BY - RIZWAN SHAIKH | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Nanpur, A 41 feet effigy of Ravana was made by Nanpur Gram Panchayat. For the last one week, the panchayat has been making preparations for the Dussehra festival. The panchayat administration cleaned the entire city including Ravana Dahan Marg and repaired the electricity system. The market was decorated and ready since morning on the day of Dussehra. At 10 in the morning, a walking ceremony was taken out for immersion of the idol of Mata along with the tide of Mata, in which young men and women were dancing Garba dance. The walking ceremony was concluded at Kalika Mata temple. In the evening, thousands of tribal people gathered nearby to watch the burning of Ravana, a symbol of evil. As per tradition at 5 pm, Sarpanch and Deputy Sarpanch representatives of Gram Panchayat and public representatives along with Pandit ji went to the police ground with drums and worshiped the Shami tree as per the rituals and at the auspicious time, fireworks were set off by Gram Panchayat representatives and Dashanand Ravana, the symbol of evil. The effigy of was burnt. At the time of burning of the effigy, the ground echoed with the chants of Jai Siyaram. On this occasion, Sarpanch and Deputy Sarpanch representative Samrath Singh Maurya, Jitendra Prasad Vani and many social workers, journalists and people from political parties were present. On this occasion, security was provided by the police administration. Concrete arrangements were made. After burning the effigy, Maha Aarti was performed at the Shiva temple. Here, after touching the feet of the elders, they received blessings and wished each other a happy Dussehra festival. A record purchase of children's toys along with food items was made by the tribal people who came from nearby areas.