Kota: India is a land of diverse and deeply rooted traditions, and when it comes to Dussehra, each region has its own unique way of symbolising the victory of good over evil. In Rajasthan’s Hadoti region, the small but culturally rich Jethi community upholds a distinctive tradition of ‘killing’ Ravan, not by burning, but by trampling a clay effigy underfoot.

While the rest of the country prepares to burn large effigies of Ravan on Vijayadashami, the Jethi community in Kota’s Nanta area continues their centuries-old custom. Every year, members of the community craft a clay Ravan at the beginning of Navratri in a temple. On the day of Dashami, the wrestlers of the community gather to trample the effigy underfoot, marking the symbolic destruction of evil.

This unique tradition is closely l

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