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Question Raised Before Chhattisgarh Rights Panel: Why Burn Ravana Effigy, Not Duryodhana’s?
✍️ The New Indian Express
🗓 14 Oct 2026, 01:38 AM
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A plea was made before the Chhattisgarh Human Rights Panel questioning the tradition of burning Ravana’s effigy during Dussehra and asking why Duryodhana’s effigy is not burned instead.
During a hearing of the Chhattisgarh Human Rights Panel, a participant raised an unusual question regarding the Dussehra ritual of burning Ravana’s effigy. The individual asked why the tradition focuses on Ravana, a character from the Ramayana, and not on Duryodhana, a prominent figure from the Mahabharata. The plea was described as bizarre by those present, and the panel has not yet issued any comment or directive on the matter.