Dusshera - 21st October 2007
THE HEROES OF DUSSHERA 2004
On Dusshera, devotees remember how Lord Rama killed in battle the evil King Ravana. Bhaktivedanta Manor follows the Dusshera tradition of having a bonfire and burning a massive effigy of Ravana. After the Bhaktivedanta Players have finished their final performance of the Ramayana in the theatre, actors dressed as Lord Rama, Sita and Hanuman enter the field of the bonfire. Lord Rama then shoots His arrow, a firework, which penetrates the heart of Ravana's effigy, and soon the fire is blazing and Ravana's body is left to burn whilst all kinds of fireworks are whistling in every direction. As Ravana burns, devotees remember to burn up the impurities, attachments and selfishness in their own hearts.
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