J&K: Dussehra celebrated with great fervour in Udhampur, CRPF, Dog Squad deployed to avoid untoward incident

Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 12 (ANI): Dussehra was celebrated with great enthusiasm and religious fervour on Saturday evening at the sports stadium, Udhampur. Thousands of people participated in the celebrations where the effigies of Ravana, Kumbkarna and Meghnatha were consigned to flames marking the victory of truth over evil.

CRPF personnel as well as the Dog Squad were deployed to avoid any untoward incident during the celebration.

An artist dressed up as Lord Ram said, “Today is Vijayadashami. It is a festival that marks the victory of good over evil. We urge everyone to stay away from drugs. I request everyone to follow the principles and conduct of Lord Ram.”

District Development Commissioner, Saloni Rai (IAS), MLA Chenani Balwant Singh Mankotia, MLA Udhampur West Pawan Kumar Gupta, MLA Udhampur East R.S Pathania, Police officers, officers from Various Departments, Political leaders, Prominent persons and people in large numbers were present on the occasion.

Earlier, National Conference President Farooq Abdullah attended Dussehra celebrations at Srinagar’s SK Stadium.

Farooq Abdullah said, “I hope that our brothers and sisters who have left from here come back home. Now the time has come, they should return to their homes. We do not think only about Kashmiri Pandits, but we also think about the people of Jammu, we should treat them well, they should also feel that the National Conference government is not their enemy. We are Indians and we want to take everyone along.”

Vijayadashami, or Dussehra, is a prominent Hindu festival celebrated every year at the end of Navaratri.

It is observed on the tenth day of the month of Ashvin, the seventh in the Hindu Luni-Solar Calendar. The festival typically falls in the Gregorian calendar months of September and October.

The festival also marks the preparations for Diwali, the important festival of lights, which is celebrated twenty days after Vijayadashami.