Effigies to go up in flames at 7 places in Mohali

Dasehra will be celebrated at seven venues in Mohali and two in Kharar on Thursday.

Elaborate arrangements have been made and towering effigies of Ravana, Kumbhkarna and Meghnad have been erected. Showers on Tuesday evening caused minor damages to effigies at some places, but organisers said the show will go on.

Effigies will be burnt in Phase 1, Sectors 79, 77, 70, 85, 105 and Balongi in Mohali. The 100-ft Ravana effigy at Sector 79 is the tallest to go up in flames in the district on Thursday.

In Kharar, massive Dasehra celebration have already started since September 30 when a Shobha Yatra was taken out in the town with 11 floats and tableaus depicting the life and times of Lord Rama. The highlight of the show remained the Ravana Tandav.

At the Dasehra carnival venue in Mundi Kharar, a 'Singapore Airlines' plane has become a centre of attraction, with children and youngsters getting their photographs clicked with the life-size plane structure.