The temporary Ravana mandis are populated on the occasion of Dussehra as both small and large structures of Ravana were being purchased by the residents. The biggest Ravana mandi in Jaipur was situated at Kisan Dharam Kanta in Mansarovar. Apart from this, statues of Ravana were being sold at 30 places including Gurjar Ki Thadi, Vidhyadhar Nagar, Adarsh Nagar, Malviya Nagar, Sanganer and Jagatpura.
The price of the Ravana statue starts from Rs100 and goes up to Rs1lakh. If the fireworks are included in the set up, the price is even higher. More than 35,000 small and big Ravana statues were burnt in the city.
The demand for Ravana decorated in different colours was more in Jaipur and the statues were seen in Rajasthani turban and costumes. Artists from Jalore and Sanchore visited the city before Dussehra to provide unique touches to the Ravana statues. Technical support was also taken in big statues. In Jaipur, there was a heavy demand of the Ravana statues with rotating Chakra, head and hands.
There is an effect of inflation, but to tackle that, there were several types of sizes of statues to give people a choice of spending according to their budget. Most of the Ravana statues available in the market were sold on Thursday.
Now, the bamboo used in the left ones will be taken to other use by dismantling them.
