Lets' get LOST

Flowing between

An old Man

An Old man dressed in Kullvi Cap,

Do not Stop me

I just love the sound of flowing water.It so soothing sitting beside the beas river in lush green valley .

5 Min in such a place and your worries will go away ( Flow away). Its such aheaven. I feel really blessed to be born here in this part of the world.

Kullu Dussehra : The Beginning

Huge gathering of people from all around the world to view and experience the rath yatra


All the dieties comes to this ground before the rath yatra is started.


The Rath ( Chariot) is being pulled by the people .







The Chariot is then placed nearly 500 mtrs from the Temperary Raghunath temple for a week.

On the Way

The Lord Raghunath begins its journey from Sultanpur along with a huge gathering of people and dieties.








A huge gathering at Dussehra ground before the Rath yatra

Kullu Dussehra

The successor of the King Jaganand, Maheshwar Singh (Ex - MP). He lives in a temperary camp in Dussehra Ground for a week during the Dussehra Festival. He perform all the rituals and participate in the morning and evening prayers.


The Chariot being decorated prior to the Dussehra.


Track from where the chariot moves.


The Dieties gathering up for the Rath Yatra

Gathering for faith

Different Gods and Goddesses all dressed up for the Dussehra festival.



They are brought to the Dussehra ground from distant places on shoulders. Its a once in a year festival.



Earlier it was a gathering by which different villages used to pay taxes to the king through their village diety. Now all the expenses are born by the Govt. and local authorities arrange for their stay.




After the lanka dehan they are disburse to their respective places.

Kullu Dussehra : Celebrating the Victory over the Evil

The Week long Dussehra Festival has started in Kullu on 28th September 2009.

Dussehra ( Vijay Dashmi)is one of the important Indian festival it is celebrated on the eve of Lord Rama’s victory over demon Ravana. It is believed that the war against Ravana lasted for ten days and on the Tenth day Ravana was killed by Lord Rama. Thus it is also known as Vijay Dashmi (Vijay meaning Victory and Dashmi means Tenth)

Though this festival is celebrated all over India but Dussehra at Kullu is unique. Unlike rest of the India no Ravana effigies are burned here. It is celebrated without Ramlilla.

The history of Kullu ‘Dussehra’ dates back to the 17th century when the King Jaganand bought an idol of Raghunath (Lord Ram) and it was installed on his throne as a mark of penance, after which lord Raghunath is known as the ruling deity of the Kullu valley. There is a ancient temple of lord Raghunath at Sultanpur, near the palace of the King Jaganand.

The Seven day long festival, begins with the Rath( Chariot) yatra of Lord Raghunath from main temple. The idols of Lord Raghunath stays for Seven days at the temporary camp on Dhalpur Ground and on the seventh day Lanka Dahan is performed, it ends the festival and Lord Raghunath returns to the Temple at Sultanpur.

The arrival of Goddess Hadimba’s palanquin at Kullu is a prerequisite for the Dussehra festivities to begin. About a kilometre from Manali stands Dhungri Temple, built around about 500 years ago. It is dedicated to Goddess Hadimba Devi, wife of Bhim, one of the five Pandav brothers.

The palanquin reaches short of the Raghunath Temple to await a special messenger, who carries a “silver chhari” and escorts Hadimba Devi to the temple. The special messenger is also the presiding deity of the Kullu Dussehra. Next is the permission from Bhekhli Mata after which Lord Raghunath is brought out of the temple to commence the journey for rath yatra. The Rath (Chariot) is placed at Dhalpur Ground.

About 365 deities of various parts of Kullu valley gathers in Dhalpur Ground to participate in the Yatra.

With other gods and goddesses, and a large number of devotees and priests, the procession heads towards Dhalpur ground from the Raghunath Temple. After reaching there thousands of devotees and priests. After being enshrined in ancient wooden chariot, Lord Raghunath is taken to the middle of the ground. The chariot is pulled by hundreds of devotees. After the prayers, the festivities begin with folk music accompanied by hill orchestra.

A large number of visitors from home and abroad throng Kullu to witness this unique congregation of deities during the festival.

A lots of interesting info to come, so keep visiting.

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