With security personnel keeping a hawk-eye vigil, the Dussehra festivities passed off peacefully across the country as crowds burst into cheers with fire crackers-stuffed effigies crackling in splendour.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing people on the occasion in Lucknow said no one should feel they are safe from terrorism as it has no boundary or morality.
Effigies of Raavan, who had abducted Shri Ram's wife, and his brothers are burnt on the day of Dussehra, commemorating the victory of good over evil.
The historic International Kullu Dussehra got off to a spectacular start with traditional Rath Yatra of Lord Raghunathji, while effigies of Raavan, Meghnath and Kumbhkaran were burnt in other parts of the state.
This festive season, let’s hope to burn the prevalent evil and usher in the good.
(At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member. Because the truth is worth it.)