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Ram Leela & Ravan Dahan 2010 - Pictures & videos 13 years 5 months ago #8913

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Celebration of Dusshera Festival in Morrisville, North Carolina

Hindia Vikas Mandal & Hindu Society of North Carolina celebrated the Dusshera Festival on Oct. 17, 2010 at the Hindu Bhavan grounds in Morrisville, North Carolina. The highlight of the evening was burning of a 38 ft. high ( 30 foot body, 6 foot head, 1.8 foot mukat, and 0.2 foot kalgee - tallest Ravan ever built by any Indian organization in the US) Ravan effigy. A team of volunteers ( Ashok & Madhur Mathur, Ramnik Kamo, Ajay Kaul, Dr. Dhruva Kumar, Satpal Rathi, Dr. Om Dhingra, Madan & Meera Goel, Mamta & Pradeep Bisaria, Tushar Gosh, Uttam Deedwania, Louis,Ashok and Madhu Mendiratta and Ramesh Mathur) designed and built the structure over a period of three months.

Before the "Ravan Dahan", a Ramleela act of "Dwand Yudh" between Ram & Ravan was staged using exquisite sound & light effects. The act was immensely enjoyed by children and adults. The role of Ram was played by Atish Kataria, Sita by Smita Kataria, Lakshman by Ramesh Kalagyanam, Hanuman by Dr. Dhruva Kumar, Ravan by Dr. Afroz Taj and Priest by Ramesh Mathur. The act was written & produced by Dr. Sudha Om Dhingra and directed by Harish Amble. Sudha Dhingra and Bindu Singh were the make up artists for Ramleela. Light arrangements were managed by Shiva Raghunannan and sound effects were created by John Caldwell. The voice of Ram & Ravan was provided & recorded by Ravi Devrajan and Dr. Afroz Taj, respectively.

The festival started with "Tilak" of Ram, Lakshman, and Hanuman by the Temple priest. A station wagon was decorated as an " Indra Vaahan" for transporting Ram and Sita(sitting), Lakshman, and Hanuman(standing behind Ram & Sita) at the top. The vehicle was driven slowly from the temple to the "Ramleela Grounds" with "Vaanar Sena" of small children wearing Hanuman masks and Chanting "Jai Siya Ram". Thousands of people watched the procession, ramleela act, and "Ravan Dahan". The whole program was organized under the guidance of Hindi Vikas Mandal President, Mrs. Saroj Sharma


Here are the videos and few pictures taken at the event. Please share by replying to this thread if you have one.

Ram Leela Play video



















Ravan dahan Video

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Re:Ram Leela & Ravan Dahan 2010 - Pictures & videos 13 years 5 months ago #8933

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Thanks for posting these video. Great!

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