Overview
- Kolar in Bhopal will mount the city’s tallest Ravan at about 105 feet for its Dussehra on Sunday, with organisers planning processions, music, fireworks and invited dignitaries.
- Banaras Locomotive Works in Varanasi will burn a 70-foot eco-friendly Ravan on October 20, an event run by an employee Vijay Samiti that traditionally draws mass crowds.
- Several other Bhopal grounds have confirmed large effigies this year with heights and costs published by local committees, including 65-foot and 70-foot installations and public estimates of six-figure rupee budgets.
- Effigy makers in Raipur and regional workshops report a surge in orders and round-the-clock production, with smaller models priced in the tens of thousands of rupees and festival-scale structures costing lakhs.
- The scale of displays and planned fireworks from suppliers in Jaipur and Sivakasi has organisers preparing crowd control and safety measures, and some committees are emphasising eco-friendly materials for the effigies.