Baijnath: Where Ravana still lives on in reverence

While Dasehra celebrations across India culminate in the burning of effigies of Ravana, Kumbhkaran and Meghnad, the temple town of Baijnath in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district takes a different path. Here, Ravana is remembered not simply as the antagonist of the Ramayana, but as an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva. The town’s refusal to embrace
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- Himachal Pradesh
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- ravinder sood
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- Thursday, 22 October 2026, 1:14 am IST
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