<span style="color: #222222;">Due to Covid-19 pandemic the Dussehra Celebrations in Maharashtra is also a low key affair like the festivals in the past months and there will be no public gatherings to exchange the symbolic gold leaves and burning of Ravana Effigy programmes in the state. <br />''<br />''People have decorated their houses and their vehicles with flower garlands known as Toran and also worshipped their instruments and other items in their daily use as a custom to underline their importance in their lives. This year there will be hardly any exchange of symbolic gold leaves which are also known as Apta leaves in large gatherings in the compound of housing societies and public grounds. Even the annual Dussehra Rally of Shiv Sena will be held in an auditorium instead of Shivaji Park ground. Chief Minister and party Chief Uddhav Thackeray will address the rally in the evening.</span><br />