People burn an effigy of Ravana on the occasion of "Dassera" (Vijaya Dashmi) at the end of ten day long festival Ramleela at Shivaji Park , Mumbai on Monday,28 September 2009. Dussehra symbolizes the victory of good over evil in Hindu mythology. Dasara is also known as Navaratri, as in the first nine days the Divine Mother Goddess Durga is worshipped and invoked in different manifestations of her Shakti.

Photographer: Sameer Joshi

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