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Thus it is to be seen that religion is the
bed-rock on which the culture. the arts and crafts of the people of Himachal
are founded. Their festivals and fairs also draw their inspiration from religious
beliefs and rituals. The most important festival is Dussehra celebrated three
days after the rest of India. The logical explanation for this difference
is that the rulers of the former hill states of Himachal owed allegiance to
Maharaja Ranjit Singh and paid court to him at Lahore.
They celebrated their own Dussehra on their return three days later - and
this tradition continues to this day. In Kullu, all idols of the village deities
are taken out of the temples and carried in palanguins to Kullu. They all
assemble in the Dhalpur grounds. The chief deity is Lord Raghunath who is
taken out of his sanctum sanctorum in Raghunathpura. For nine days, there
is much merrymaking with dancing and singing and performances. On the tenth
day, there is a symbolic destination of Ravana and the Dussehra Fair winds
up.