Mohammad Aslam, whose family has been in the business of making tazias (for Muharram) and Ravan effigies (for Ramlila) for the past 37 years, is skipping the former for the latter this year ...

According to the locals, the tradition of Ravan Poojan was started in Payal by Dubey family whose ancestor Birbal Das, a hakeem, did not have any child even after two marriages. Acting on the ...

Agra: Every year, a month ahead of Dussehra, 75-year-old Jafer Ali and his family get down to the mammoth task of making effigies of Lanka king 'Ravan' and his brothers for the Ramlila here.

For many generations, a Muslim family in Rampur has created effigies ... Although my children are involved, there is no earning in making Ravan's statues. We are just passing time.