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02 October, 1998

Demons go up in flames

Tribune News Service
CHANDIGARH, Oct 1 — The effigies of legendary demons— Ravana, Meghanada and Kumbhkarna — met their fiery ends, marking the victory of good over evil at several venues in the city today.
The occasion symbolised the culmination of the 10-day long Ramlila, a dramatisation of the epic, Ramayana, at 21 different places in the city. Demons who withstood the ire of the forces of Lord Rama for several days proved to "too docile" in their make-believe death on Thursday. ...
In Sector 47, the managing committee had made sitting arrangements for members of the public. The artists of the Ramlila in Sectors 47, 45 and 43 were honoured by the local MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain. It was for the first time that Dashera was celebrated in Sector 46. ...