Kanpur Temple Opens Once a Year on Dussehra to Worship Ravana
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Kanpur Ravan Temple: A unique tradition in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, the doors of the Dashanan Temple open once a year on Vijayadashami. Learn about this 158-year-old tradition, the worship of Ravana, and the beliefs of devotees.
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Kanpur, Oct 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) While Vijayadashami is traditionally marked by the burning of Ravana's effigies across the country, a temple in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur follows a different tradition, with devotees offering prayers to the ten-headed... - Social News XYZ
While Ravana's effigy will be burned on Dussehra, the Dashanan temple in Shivala is offering prayers to the king of Lanka. On Tuesday, as the doors of this temple, which opens once a year on Dussehra, opened, the idol of Ravana was bathed with milk, curd, and honey. Devotees will begin arriving in the morning for darshan (viewing). See photos… Priest says they burn Ravana's ego in the evening. Temple priest Ram Bajpai explained, "We burn not Rav…
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