This year, the town’s tallest effigy of demon king Ravan was burnt at Maduatand on Dussehra on Saturday evening.
“It is the tallest effigy of Ravan in the locality,” claimed laljit Sinha, secretary of Sanatan Dharm Raksha samiti koderma. Here, Ravan burst into flames after getting hit by arrows on his stomach and other body parts.
Two more effigies that burnt were of Ravan’s brother Kumbhkaran and 50-feet tall Meghnath. It took a month time for artisans to make the tallest Ravan. Annapurna Devi, State Child Welfare and Water Resources Minister inaugurated the Ravan Dahan programme by lighting lamp along with Sangita Kumari, SP, Bajrangi Prasad, Municipal council chairman, Naushad Alam,ASP, liyakat Ali, SDO.
Annapruna Devi addressing the gathering said, “The burning of demon king Ravan is symbolically the victory of good over evils. We must burn the evils in ourselves into the flames of this fire and then we can make a different society without evils.” SP Sangita Kumari said, “Demon King Ravan is the symbol of evil and we burn it every year. We should take out it from our inner part.” Another prominent place where Ravan dahan took place is Gujhandi.