The Ravana effigy at a Ramleela venue at the Parade Ground got uprooted hours before PM Narendra Modi was scheduled to make an appearance to celebrate Vijayadashami on Saturday, officials said. "The 80 to 90 feet tall effigy came off its base due to a strong wind," said Ravi Jain, press secretary of Shri Dharmik Lila Committee, the event organisers. Authorities went into a tizzy as they prepared to receive the PM later in the evening, but Jain insisted that it was "minor incident" and the structure representing the demon king was mounted soon.

PM Modi performs tilak of artists enacting Lord Rama and Lakshman during Dussehra celebrations at Parade Ground in New Delhi