<p>As effigies of Ravana were set on fire elsewhere on Sunday, an organisation in Mathura offered prayers to the demon king.</p>.<p>Members of the Lankesh Bhakta Mandal offered prayers to Ravana in a three-hour programme at a Shiva temple on the bank of the Yamuna near Laxmi Nagar here.</p>.<p>Organisation president Omveer Saraswat declared on the occasion that a temple to the demon king will be constructed in Mathura.</p>.<p>Saraswat said the demon king was not only knowledgeable but cultured as well.</p>.<p>He was a follower of Lord Shiva, who never visited Sita in his Ashok Vatika all alone, Saraswat said.</p>.<p>He demanded that the practice of burning Ravana’s effigy on Dussehra be stopped as it was "unethical" and "pollutes environment". </p>
<p>As effigies of Ravana were set on fire elsewhere on Sunday, an organisation in Mathura offered prayers to the demon king.</p>.<p>Members of the Lankesh Bhakta Mandal offered prayers to Ravana in a three-hour programme at a Shiva temple on the bank of the Yamuna near Laxmi Nagar here.</p>.<p>Organisation president Omveer Saraswat declared on the occasion that a temple to the demon king will be constructed in Mathura.</p>.<p>Saraswat said the demon king was not only knowledgeable but cultured as well.</p>.<p>He was a follower of Lord Shiva, who never visited Sita in his Ashok Vatika all alone, Saraswat said.</p>.<p>He demanded that the practice of burning Ravana’s effigy on Dussehra be stopped as it was "unethical" and "pollutes environment". </p>