{
  "id": 15342190,
  "title": "Dussehra 2026: Know Why Maharashtra Exchanges Apta Leaves As ‘Gold’ And The Story Behind The Tradition",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/dussehra-2026-know-why-maharashtra-exchanges-apta-leaves-as-gold-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T02:35:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/lifestyle/dussehra-2026-know-why-maharashtra-exchanges-apta-leaves-as-gold-and-the-story-behind-the-tradition"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "On the morning of Dussehra, the flower stalls around Dadar turn a deep, glossy green. Vendors sit beside heaps of apta leaves tied in small bundles, each leaf split into two rounded lobes like a pair of wings. By evening, the same leaves travel up building staircases and across chawl balconies. Children knock on neighbours’ doors, bend to touch the feet of elders and press a leaf into their palms…",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}