Hyderabad: One of the longest festivals in India, Bastar Dussehra spans 75 days. The festival begins on the day of a new moon in the Hindu month of 'Ashwin' and ends on the day of 'Vijayadashami'. In ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Raipur/New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will celebrate Dussehra festival in Bastar this year as he has been formally invited to attend the historic Bastar Dussehra ...

Raipur: The "Raini Rath Churai" ritual (stealing of chariot) was performed on Sunday during the 75-day-long Bastar Dussehra, when people from tribes unite to pull a massive wooden chariot, symbolising ...

Raipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Chhattisgarh’s Bastar division on October 4 to participate in the famed Bastar Dussehra celebration's key ritual of 'Muria Darbar' and ...

The streets of Chhattisgarh's Bastar fill with people and colours during the 75-day-long celebrations of Dussehra. The festival is being celebrated since the times of 13th century king Purushottam Dev ...

India, Oct. 4 -- Union HomeMinister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, addressed the Bastar Dussehra Festival in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh today. Prior to his address, Shri Shah visited and ...

Bastar (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 9 (ANI): After the successful completion of the 75-day-long Bastar Dusshera, the palanquin and 'Chatra' of Mata Danteshwari returned to Mata Danteshwari Temple ...

The Chattisgarh government is going to patronize the Bastar Dussehra by funding it Rs 50 lakh per year. Similarly, Rs 15 lakh each will be provided for Ram Mahotsava and Chitrakot Mahotsava in the ...

Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 4 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday appealed to the youth in Bastar to "shun the path of violence" while advising against joining the Naxal ...

This year, Dussehra will be observed on October 12, Saturday. Dussehra, which is also known as Vijaya Dashami, is celebrated every year to commemorate the triumph of good over evil as Lord Ram killed ...