The 18-year-old Portuguese on his maiden visit to India, said, “With all these images in my camera and in my mind, I will take back home a slice of India with me.”
Giant effigies of the 10-headed demon-king Ravana, his son Meghnad and brother Kumbhakaran were ceremonially burnt on the Red Fort front lawns, marking the triumph of good over evil on Dussehra on Wednesday.
43-year-old social worker Javier Gallego from Barcelona, who works with children, said, “People at the hotel I am staying here, suggested me to go attend the festival, and I never thought it would leave me so pleasantly surprised.”
Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan also attended the celebrations here.
Veranda said, “The crowd went in a frenzy after seeing him arrive on stage. I did not know that he (Devgan) was a film star. In our country, such big crowds are hardly seen.”
“Also, I did not know who Ravan was so I will go read more about him now, and about Ram and Hanuman, the monkey-god, who carries a mace on his shoulder,” he added.
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