Jaipur : The work of making 105 feet high Dashanan and 90 feet high Kumbhkaran effigies started in the Ram temple from Friday for the Dussehra fair to be organized on October 12 at the Dussehra ground in Adarsh Nagar, Jaipur. Muslim artisans who came from Mathura have been carrying out this work here for five generations.Artisan Mohd. Raja Khan said that a team of more than 20 artisans will work more than 16 hours a day to prepare the effigies. After the death of the head of the family, Lakho Bhai, son Mohd. Raja and Chand Mohammed are carrying forward the family legacy.
Ramlila starts in the temple from October 3
Harcharan Lekar and General Secretary Anil Khurana told that Ramlila will start in the temple from October 3. Vice President Rajeev Manchanda said that along with newly married couples, many families with newborn babies come to the temple for worship on the day of Dussehra. No old material is used in the effigies of Dashanan made here. This time on Dussehra, Ravana’s royal golden crown will be special.
‘As Allah is for us, so is Ram’
Chand Mohammad told that the entire family including wife and children stay in Ram temple for one and a half months. Along with taking bath and following other rules, one consumes satvik food. When we get time, we also watch Ramleela. He told that children have also started knowing all the characters of Ramlila. Both Hindu and Muslim religions are similar. Just like Allah is for us, similarly Ram is for us.
20 feet high Ravana was made 68 years ago, cost Rs 10. received a reward of
Manchanda told that the Dussehra fair was started 68 years ago. Since then Ramlila and Ravana Dahan are being organised. Chand Mohammad told that the ancestors had made a 20 feet high effigy of Ravana in the year 1966. For this he received Rs 250 as remuneration. Rs 10 were received separately as reward.
