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Idols of Ravana were kept on the roadside in Faridabad.
Ravana has started appearing in Faridabad, Haryana even before the Dussehra festival. Yes, manufacturing of Ravana idols has started in the city and their sale has also started. The artisans are busy making idols of Ravana.
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Let us tell you that there are still 20-22 days left for the Dussehra festival, but you will get to see Ravana’s idols in the city. People also buy and take idols of Ravana. Yashwant Rathore, who lives in the slums of Faridabad Sector 12, is originally from Rajasthan and his work of making images of Ravana is quite old.
Idols of Ravana were kept on the roadside in Faridabad.
Idols of Ravana have been made for 12 years
Yashwant said that there are still 20 to 22 days till Dussehra, so the making of Ravana has started a month in advance. As first 14 days there are Shraddha days, then Navratri festival of 9 days and after this Dussehra festival is celebrated. Yashwant said that he has been doing the work of making idols of Ravana in Faridabad for the last 12 years. All the materials for making an idol of Ravana are brought from Sadar Bazaar of Delhi and preparations for its initiation a month in advance.
The family is busy preparing an idol of Ravana.
Large models are made to order
He said that Ravana was made from 2 feet to 5 feet. If someone wants to make a large mannequin then it is made to order. He said that mostly people from society and schools buy small idols of Ravana. On Dussehra day, people try to avoid the crowded places of Dussehra grounds, so they buy small effigies of Ravana to burn on that day. He said he had 500 to 5000 Ravanas made. People have already started buying it. He said there were two to four a day
Effigies are easily sold.
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