Punit Balan Group (PBG) | Vijayadashami celebrated with enthusiasm in Kashmir Valley (Video)
Ravana’s effigy-burning programme organised by Punit Balan Group and Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti attracts huge crowds in Srinagar
Srinagar/Pune: Vijayadashami was celebrated in the Kashmir Valley with pomp and fervor. Punit Balan Group (PBG) and the Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti organised Dussehra Mahotsav 2024 for the second consecutive year in Srinagar. Huge crowds gathered to witness Ravana’s effigy-burning this year too.
The celebrations were held at the Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium in Srinagar. The Kashmir Valley has a glorious historic and cultural heritage. To promote this, Punit Balan Group and the Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti started holding Dussehra Mahotsav from last year. To convey a message of the symbolic victory of good over evil, effigies of Ravana, Meghnath and Kumbhkarn were burnt.
This is the lone public celebration of Vijayadashami festival in Kashmir. Therefore, many people from all walks of life, along with government servants, gathered to witness the function in a large number. The effigy-burning has become a symbol of a common cultural heritage between the Kashmiri Pandits and the Muslims in Kashmir. This has strengthened the idea of unity in diversity. The celebrations this year spread the message of communal harmony far and wide.
Punit Balan Group led by Young Entrepreneur Punit Balan was the sponsor of the programme for the second consecutive year. PBG contributed greatly to the success of the function. The Kashmiri Pandit Samiti thanked Punit Balan and said that the huge effigies could be built and the programme could be held successfully due the social responsibility shown by Punit Balan.
“Vijayadashami symbolises the triumph of good over evil, truth over untruth and morality over injustice. The Dussehra Festival has been started in the Kashmir Valley to promote communal harmony and to boost cultural heritage. Local citizens responded overwhelmingly to the festival. I thank the Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti and all others.”
- Punit Balan (President, Punit Balan Group)
