Durga Puja - Dussehra - Marwar Festival
Durga Pooja!!! 
Durga Puja (Bengal)
Is performed during the nine days of Navratri. Community pujas in Bengal are organised in every locality. Families visit each other to share feasts. On Biota day, the idols are taken in elaborate processions for immersion in the river or the sea.
Dussehra (All Over India)
Is celebrated to mark the homecoming of Lord Rama. The Ramlila-an enactment of the life of Lord Rama, is held nine days before Dussehra. On the tenth day, larger than life effigies of Ravana, his brothers Meghnath and Kumbhakarna filled with different fire crackers are set alight to celebrate the victory of good over evil. In Himachal Pradesh, a week long fair at Kullu is a part of the Dussehra celebrations. From the little temples in the hills, deities are brought in procession to the Kullu Maidan with lot of gaiety, music and colour. The presiding deity is Lord Raghunathji. Mysore is illuminated with lights for Dussehra. Majestic processions, a torch light parade and dance and musical events enliven the tranquil city.
Marwar Festival (Jodhpur)
Is a festival devoted mainly to the music and dance of the Marwar region. The festival was originally known as the `Maand festival’. Held for two days on full moon sharad purnima, folk artists bring to life the myth, legend and folklore of the area.
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