India, Oct. 3 -- A towering 70-foot Ravana effigy at New Colony's Ram Leela Maidan lit up the skyline on Wednesday evening as Gurugram celebrated Dussehra and Durga Puja. Across the city, over 200 locations hosted Ravan Dahan, alongside Durga Puja pandals, garba nights and Sindoor Khela rituals that brought communities together in a vibrant show of culture and devotion.

Residents thronged major venues including Durga Ram Leela Ground, Jacobpura, Gaushala Maidan, Sadar Market, Baba Sedeshwar, Bhim nagar, Jharsa , New Colony maidan, Dwarka Expressway, Sector 69, Sector 48, Sector 56 and Sector 5, where effigies of Ravana, Kumbhkaran and Meghnad were set ablaze amid fireworks, music and dance.

The crackle of pyrotechnics and chants of "Jai...