{"id":4284,"date":"2015-10-22T03:17:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T03:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/125-ft-high-ravan-ready-to-dazzle-in\/"},"modified":"2018-06-04T16:06:46","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T16:06:46","slug":"125-ft-high-ravan-ready-to-dazzle-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/125-ft-high-ravan-ready-to-dazzle-in\/","title":{"rendered":"125-ft-high Ravan ready to dazzle in Delhi’s Dwarka"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Want to see ‘Ravan Dahan’ of awe- inspiring proportions this Dussehra, head to Dwarka in south Delhi where a 125-ft-high effigy of the mythical demon king is getting readied to go up in flames in a stunning spectacle.<\/p>\n

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\nBilled as Delhi’s biggest, the effigy is being made by a five-year-old festival society, which also boasted that it is organising the “biggest” Ramleela in the national capital.<\/p>\n

“Craftsmen from Moradabad have been called and they are working to put together a mammoth Ravan effigy that people can see from afar. We want to give people a monumental Dussehra, the likes of which they have never seen before,” Rajesh Gehlot, president of Dussehra Sri Ramleela Society, told PTI. <\/p>\n

The setting for the grand celebrations is a 10-acre plot where — once the religious and cultural events conclude — effigies of the mythical king, his brother Kumbhakaran and son Meghnad, would be torched to mark the culmination of the 10- day-long festivities. <\/p>\n

Gehlot, a former councillor and MLA from Matiala in Dwarka area and a founding member of the festival society, said that the aim of the organisers this year was to spread the message of peace and harmony on a “monumental scale”. <\/p>\n

And, monumental it is indeed, as the stage for the Ramleela drama measures 200ft in length and over 80ft in height. <\/p>\n

“We have also put up a 2D replica of temples in Ayodhya and Tirupati, and Akshardham Temple in Delhi. We have installed three giant LED screens to lend a 3D-like feel to the stage,” Gehlot said, adding that the ‘Ravan Dahan’ by the society in Sector-10, Dwarka, will take place on Friday.<\/p>\n

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\n“The craftsmen from Moradabad are Muslims. Ram’s role (in the Ramleela) is being essayed by a TV journalist. The actors were selected from a bunch of over 2,000 candidates who had auditioned for the ramleela show,” Gehlot added.<\/p>\n

The former MLA said that a two-month-long training workshop was organised for the actors after finalising the selection. <\/p>\n

According to a senior municipal official, around 200 Ramleela performances are held in Delhi, including the one at Ramlila Grounds near the New Delhi Railway Station. <\/p>\n

“Ramlila Grounds has effigies that are over 60-ft high, but ours is more than twice that size,” he said.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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