"The three colossal figures dwarfing the ordinary mortals at their feet are pasteboard effigies of the principal demons of the Ramayana ten-headed Ravana flanked by Meghdana and Khumbhakarna. They figure in the celebration of the Indian festival of Dusserah. After celebrations dedicated to the Goddess Durga who helped Rama against Ravana, giant effigies, erected in a northern Indian cities, meet a fiery fate when flaming arrows shot by Rama ignite explosives packed inside them."