Where Ravana worshipped on Dussehra!

Bhopal, They don’t regard Ravana as a negative figure. On the contrary, some people in four Madhya Pradesh districts worship Hindu god Rama’s arch rival on Dussehra when all across his effigies are burnt to mark the victory of good over evil.Read More................Here Ravana worshipped on Dussehra!

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Deities under 'House Arrest'

Two important local deities of Himachal Pradesh have been placed under 'house arrest' to prevent their followers from participating in the finale of the centuries-old Kullu Dussehra festival because every year the two sides clash with each other. Read more............................Deities under 'house arrest' for Kullu Dussehra finale.

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When 'New-age Draupadi' walked out with the winner

“ Ab hum apne apko daon par lagate hain. Jo jitega, hum par usi ka hak” hoga (now I put myself at stake. I will belong to whoever wins)."

The above words are of a woman from Teldiha village of Bihar's Banka district in India who lost herself away in a game of dice to a villager on Dussehra day.The 25-year-old woman was taken by the victor to his house from where she was 'rescued' and restored to her husband two days later after fellow villagers intervened.

In Mahabharat, Pandavas gambled away their wife Draupadi to Kauravas but this moderen day Draupadi, has been a regular visitor to the Jua Mela or gambling fair organised here during Dussehra. She always won "handsome amounts". This year too, she won Rs 1,400 during the initial one-hour game. Then her luck ran out and she ended up losing even her principal — Rs 700. "In exasperation, she yelled, “ ab hum apne apko daon par lagate hain. Jo jitega, hum par usi ka hak” hoga (now I put myself at stake. I will belong to whoever wins)." Read more..............................'New-age Draupadi' walks out with winner

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