The country’s largest Ravan will burn in Chandigarh this time. After nearly 12 hours of effort, 221 feet high Ravana was raised on Thursday. The work of erecting it started at around 6 pm on Wednesday evening. With the help of two cranes, two JCBs and 150 people, the work was completed at 6 pm on Thursday. Tajinder Singh Chauhan, who prepared Ravana, told that Ravana has been prepared in such a way that even if the rain comes on the day of Dussehra, Ravana can be burnt in the evening. Because Ravana’s dress has been prepared by mixing 3 thousand meters of cloth and 2.5 thousand meters of jute. It is constructed in such a way that the rain water will not go inside.
Decoration in Ravana
Ravana’s mustache is 25 feet long
Shoe 40 feet long
The crown is 60 feet
Sword of 55 feet
Gradient is 12 feet
The specialty of the effigy of Ravana
In April, the work of mannequin spare parts started in Barara
The remote will have 20 functions, which will be detonated
First there will be blast in the umbrella and then the crown, sword, shield
Four points will be made in the shoe, which will fire through the remote
Echo friendly firecrackers will burn, which will reduce 80% pollution compared to common firecrackers
How much cost, time and manpower
Preparations going on for 06 months and work going on in the ground of Dhanas for last two months
A team of 40 people is preparing the mannequin
Cost of making 30 lakh rupees
12 acres sold to build Ravana
The entire cost has been borne by Shiv Parvati Seva Dal, while Tajinder Chauhan was given the responsibility to build it. Tajinder told that he made Ravana for the first time in 1987 and has been making it every year since then. Tajinder has so far sold 12 and a half acres of land for the cost of making Ravana.