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In Pics: Dussehra celebrations across India

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases the arrow with a bow to symbolically set on fire the effigy of evil king Ravana during Dussehra celebrations of Luv Kush Ramleela Committee at Red Fort ground in New Delhi. President Ram Nath Kovind, Union minister Harsh Vardhan and Delhi BJP President Manoj Sinha are also seen.

  • Eunuchs perform dance during Dussehra celebrations during Dussehra celebrations at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.

  • The effigy of evil king Ravana being set ablaze during Dussehra celebrations at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.

  • Dussehra celebrations underway in Punjab's Ludhiana.

  •   Dasara celebrations underway at Mysore Palace  

  •   Women participate in 'Sindur Khela' on the occasion of Vijayadashmi in Ranchi

  • An effigy of demon king Ravana goes up in flames during Dussehra celebrations in Faridabad

  • Hindu married women participate in 'Sindur Khela' (applying vermilion) on the occasion of ‘Vijay Dashami’ at a Durga Puja pandal in Mumbai

  • Hindu devotees carry an idol of Goddess Durga for immersion in a pond near Ganges River, at the end of Navratri festival in Allahabad.

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