Kulu

The most important city in the Kulu
Valley in the state of Himachal Pradesh.
The city of Kulu is famous for its
Dussehra festival. Dussehra celebrates
the victory of the god Rama over the
demon-king Ravana; it is a celebration
of the victory of good over evil. Kulu’s
festival centers around the figure of
Rama from the Raghunathji temple in
the nearby village of Dhalpur. When
Rama is brought to the festival site in his
temple car, he is celebrated by hundreds
of deities who have come from temples
up and down the Kulu Valley, as well as
the people who have gathered to see the
deities and the spectacle of their procession. The deities’ actions are carefully
choreographed according to well-established rituals.