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Although, the ten-day long festivities are at its peak for the day of Vijaydashmi (Dussehra), when the effigies of the demon king, Ravan along with his brother Kumbhkaran and son Meghnad are erected before they are burnt to ashes, the actual preparations begin much earlier. The deft fingers start giving the shape to the demon king’s curly mustaches, broad lips and bulging eyes right after Rakshabandhan in August and turns Titarpur, a small village in West Delhi into a factory that churns out effigies of the demon king of Lanka. For two months the Ravanwallas work day and night to erect giant effigies. Here, evil is custom-made, that too in all shapes, sizes and colours and brings good fortune. Most of the Ravan makers are the migrants from Gujarat, Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. Th
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