We are all familiar with the story of Ramayana and how it ends, with Lord Rama, vanquishing the demon king Ravana. The victory of good over evil. And we are also familiar with how this victory is celebrated every year in the form of Dusshera. However, there’s a village in India, that doesn’t celebrate Dusshera, for they fear that the curse of Ravana will fall on them.
Some 50 odd km away from Delhi is the village of Bisrakh, in the Gautam Buddh Nagar District of Noida. This village at a first glance seems like any other village in the country. However, there’s something peculiar about Bisrakh and the legends associated with it. People here do not celebrate Dusshera, instead, Navratri sacrifices and yajna are organized here to pay homage to Ravana. Peculiar, isn’t it?
