Dussehra 2025: The festival of Vijayadashami is being celebrated with great enthusiasm and pomp in Delhi-NCR today. On this occasion, tributes will be paid to tourists who were martyred in Pahalgam on 22 April 2025.
Dussehra 2025: The festival of Vijayadashami is being celebrated with great enthusiasm and pomp across the country today. This festival symbolizes the victory of good over evil. This time this is special because on 22 April 2025, 26 tourists who were martyred in the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir will also be paid tribute.
72 feet long Ravana will be lit here
The martyrs will be remembered by burning an effigy of terrorism in Ramlila events. This time Prime Minister Narendra Modi will celebrate Dussehra in Yamunapar for the first time. Along with this, President Draupadi Murmu, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena and actor Bobby Deol will also attend different ceremonies. The Sri Ramlila Committee of IP Extension has prepared an effigy of 72 feet tall Ravana, 66 feet long Kumbhakarna and 60 feet tall Meghnad. They have been made by the artisan Mohammad Azam of Farukhnagar and his team. Local people are very excited by the news of the Prime Minister’s visit.
The entire area was changed to high-quality zone
In view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s program, Delhi Police and Administration have made strict security arrangements in IP extension. The entire area has been converted into a high-quality zone and the audience will get admission only with the invitation letter. The security system has been made at three levels. Apart from this, the traffic police has warned people that the paths of PM and Ravana combustion can be jammed in the paths. Therefore, it is necessary to get information about the condition of the root and jam before leaving the house.
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President Draupadi Murmu will give message from Lalkila Maidan
President Draupadi Murmu will convey the message of the victory of good over evil by shooting an arrow at Sri Dharmik Leela held at Madhav Das Park of Lalkila Maidan. He was accompanied by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena will also be present. At the same time, actor Bobby Deol will also shoot arrows in Lavkush Ramlila. In this event, 100 feet tall Ravana, 90 feet long Kumbhakarna and 80 feet tall Meghnad effigy are kept.