Festival
Kullu Dussehra
21–27 Oct 2026 Manali, Himachal Pradesh
About Kullu Dussehra
A week at Dhalpur maidan in Kullu, 40 km from Manali: Raghunath ji's chariot is pulled across the ground and hundreds of village deities arrive in palanquins. No effigies are burnt here — it ends by the Beas.
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