Dussehra

File : Sachin Tendulkar has espoused Mahatma Gandhi's principles in the past too.

Gandhi Jayanti 2025: Sachin Tendulkar Pays Tribute, Visits Mahatma's Statue In Texas

BY Outlook Sports Desk

| IMAGO : A quaint Himanchal village, Baijnath, is known for its Shiv temple, and for not celebrating Dussehra.

No Dussehra At Baijnath—The Town Known As ‘Abode of Lord Shiva’

BY Ashwani Sharma

| PTI : Bareilly District Magistrate Avneesh Singh appealed to residents not to pay heed to rumours and to maintain peace.

Bareilly Internet Suspended, Drones Deployed As Security Stepped Up For Dussehra

BY Outlook News Desk

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Dussehra’s Flames And The Fires Of Faith: How The Places Of Worship Act Rekindles Old Battles

BY Outlook News Desk

Outlook India : Outlook Magazine 21 October 2024 'Raavan Leela'

The Burning Of Raavan Is An Act Of Violence

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Dussehra 2025 - Date, Significance & Celebration Traditions You Should Know

Dussehra 2025 - Date, Significance & Celebration Traditions You Should Know

BY Dr. Sohini Sastri

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Epic Sisterhood: Unveiling the Forgotten Feminine Power in the Many Ramayanas

BY Abhijay Vaish

Instagram/Bobby Deol : Bobby Deol to burn Raavan's effigy at the Red Fort on October 2

Art & Entertainment

Dussehra 2025: Bobby Deol To Perform Raavan Dahan At Delhi’s Red Fort Ramlila

BY Outlook Entertainment Desk

8 Best Places To Visit Near Delhi On The Dussehra 2025 Long Weekend

8 Best Places To Visit Near Delhi On The Dussehra 2025 Long Weekend

BY Syed Ayan Mojib

10 Best Places To Celebrate Dussehra In India (2025 Guide)

10 Best Places To Celebrate Dussehra In India (2025 Guide)

BY Anjali Rawat (Avi)

Vikas Thakur : Illustration

Culture & Society

Ravana | A Poem

Getty Images : Santhal Rebellion (representative image)

Culture & Society

In Defence Of Mahishasur

BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay

Photo: Getty Images : Lord and Disciple: Shiva watches as Raavan tries to lift Kailasa

Countering The Traditional Raavan Narrative

BY Tarique Anwar

| Photo: Suresh K Pandey/Outlook : Colourful effigies of Raavan on sale at a sidewalk in Delhi’s Titarpur ahead of Dussehra.

The Raavans That Gain Mukti Through Fire

BY Photo Webdesk

Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook

Inhabiting Raavan, The Good And The Bad

BY Photo Webdesk

Being Raavan

Being Raavan

BY Outlook News Desk

Photo: TAO Art Gallery : Jamini Roy, Battle between Ram & Ravana, 1940s, Tempera on canvas; Courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Gift of the Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection, 2001 & Photo credits of Google Arts & Culture; Art Curation credits: Urvi Kothari

Raavan Redux: The Anti-Hero’s Many Dimensions

BY Chinki Sinha

Dussehra 2024: Know All About The Vijayadashami Festival Celebration In India

Dussehra 2024: Know All About The Vijayadashami Festival Celebration In India

BY Dr. Sohini Sastri

Image courtesy of Kumkum Fernando, Art curation courtesy of Urvi Kothari : Kumkum Fernando, This is Ravana the misunderstood, Monolith magnetic wooden sculpture that has over 1200 Persian motifs

In Sri Lanka, History Stakes Its Claim Over The Raavan Myth

BY Shenali D. Waduge

Photo: Vikram Sharma : Pankaj Handa in the Raavan costume

Why People Cry When Raavan Dies

BY Vikram Sharma

Photo: Dinesh Parab : All in the Name: Dev Raven Bhalavi changed his middle name after he became aware of the ancestral relation of Gond Adivasis with Raavan

The Native King Raavan And The War That Never Happened

BY Abhik Bhattacharya

Outlook cover: Raavan Leela

Raavan Leela: The Many Representations Of The Demon King

BY Outlook News Desk

Ramlila Maidan Dussehra In Delhi

Ramlila Maidan Dussehra In Delhi 2024: The Grand Ravan Dahan Celebration

BY Syed Ayan Mojib

Dussehra 2024: Timings, History, Significance, And Celebratory Customs

Dussehra 2024: Timings, History, Significance, And Celebratory Customs

Best Places To Witness Dussehra Celebrations In India

Best Places To Witness Dussehra Celebrations In India

BY Syed Ayan Mojib

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