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Security has been beefed up up of the International Kullu Dussehra Festival to beryllium held successful Himachal Pradesh's Kullu from Vijay Dashmi connected October 2, officials said connected Saturday (September 27, 2025)
About 4–5 lakh radical sojourn the seven-day festival celebrated astatine the Dhalpur crushed successful Kullu town. The festival has a important interaction connected the section economy, attracting visitors and promoting section handicrafts and artisans, with implicit 200 deities participating successful the expansive festivities. It has been accorded the presumption of an planetary festival.
In bid to guarantee information and support instrumentality and order, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Central Range, Rahul Nath has been appointed arsenic the wide in-charge of the festival arrangements.
Mr. Nath volition workout nonstop supervision implicit each aspects of instrumentality and order, security, traffic, and protocol duties, said Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Tewari successful a connection issued connected Saturday (September 27, 2025).
Superintendent of Police Karthikeyan Gokulachandran volition beryllium specifically liable for instrumentality and bid arrangements, postulation management, and protocol duties successful transportation with the festival, portion Commandant of the 3rd Indian Reserve Battalion, Panoh successful Mandi, Padam Chand, volition beryllium successful complaint of information and deployment astatine the Mela venue and adjoining areas, helium added.
Having served arsenic SP Kullu for 2 years, Mr. Chand is well-acquainted with the information dynamics of the Dussehra festival and volition utilise his anterior acquisition successful readying and executing information arrangements, the connection said.
The nonsubjective of these arrangements is to guarantee that the International Kullu Dussehra Festival is conducted successful a peaceful, orderly, and unafraid manner, providing a harmless and enjoyable acquisition for each participants and visitors.
The past of the festival dates backmost to the 17th century, erstwhile section king Jagat Singh installed an idol of Raghunath connected his throne arsenic a people of penance. After this, deity Raghunath was declared arsenic the ruling deity of the valley.
