Ravana effigies being prepared on the streets for Dussehra, in Delhi

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As Delhi gears up for the final day of Navratri, the streets are lined with effigies to be painted and sold. With unique mustaches, depicting the ten-headed demon king Ravana the effigies are to be set ablaze on Dussehra. This symbolizes the victory of good over evil. The festival celebrates the defeat of Ravana at the hands of Rama in the Hindu epic Ramayana. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 200 fps slow motion, Full HD, HDCAM 1080i High Definition, Alexa and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissi