Panchkula, Sept. 11 -- This Dussehra, Panchkula's Shalimar Ground will take centre stage in the tricity celebrations with a mammoth 180-foot Ravana effigy, the tallest this year, flanked by impressive 100-foot effigies of Kumbhkaran and Meghnath.

Until now, festivities at this ground, located in Sector 5, were marked by burning of only the Ravana effigy. But this year, the Mansa Devi Charitable Trust Committee, in collaboration with the local Ramlila committee, has expanded the spectacle.

"We felt the need to represent the entire narrative more vividly," said Amit Goel, senior vice-president of the organising committee. "Kumbhkaran and Meghnath are essential characters in the epic and bringing them to life at such unprecedented heights ...