Kullu Dasehra to begin from October 5.

• Deputy Commissioner Ashutosh Garg presided over a meeting to review the preparations for the Kullu Dasehra festival.
• He said that after two years, cultural evenings would be organised in the open air auditorium at the Kala Kendra during the seven-day festival, which would commence on October 5. Every cultural evening would have a special theme.
• Garg said that a Sufi Sandhya would be organised on the first day, a Punjabi song and music show on the second, a Qawwali night on third, comedy on fourth, Amrit Mahotsav night with police band on fifth, superstar night on sixth and a Pahari night on the seventh day of the festival.
• He said that this year, the festival would be linked to the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’.
• He added that local artistes would be given preference but care would be taken to maintain international standards of the festival.

About Kullu Dussehra 

• According to historians, the idol of Lord Raghunath was brought to Kullu from Ayodhya in 1651 when Raja Jagat Singh was the ruler of Kullu state.
• Dussehra celebrations in Kullu started after 1660 when the Raja invited all deities before Lord Raghunath
• The village gods and minor deities are also a part of this celebration. The centre of the festivities is the Dhalpur maidan.
• Kullu Dussehra was declared an international event in 1972.