Mumbai: The city will celebrate Dussehra, the culmination of the nine-day Navratri festival, with immersions of Goddess Durga idols, Ramlila performances, and the burning of Ravana effigies.

Iconic Venues Set Ablaze

Effigies will be set on fire at several locations, including Girgaon Chowpatty and Ram Lila Maidan, Malad West. The Shree Adarsh Ramlila Samiti will burn a 50-feet tall Ravana on Thursday evening as the festival’s grand finale.

At Zakaria Road, Malad, members of the 70-member Shree Ram Manas Manch troupe from Moradabad have enacted Tulsidas’s Ramcharitmanas for 44 years. This year, a 40-feet Ravana will be set ablaze.

State-of-the-Art Ramlila Shows

Organised by the Ram Shree Ramlila Prachar Samiti since 1982, the Malad event attracts large crowds. The organisers have inco

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