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In Photos: Women participate in Sindur Khela on the last day of Durga puja in India
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Women participate in Sindur Khela at a puja pandal on the last day of Durga puja at Chittaranjan Park in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)
Women participate in Sindur Khela at a puja pandal on the last day of Durga puja at Chittaranjan Park in New Delhi on Tuesday.PTi Photo by Atul Yadav(PTI10_11_2016_000119B)
The Dashami rituals in the morning saw married women preparing the goddess and her children for their long journey back home by smearing the deities and each other with red vermilion. (Photo: PTI)
They also offered sweets to the god, and prayed for the well-being of their families and long lives of their husbands while performing these rituals. Married women participate in Sindur Khela during Durga Puja festival in Lucknow on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)
Meanwhile, Vijayadasami is being celebrated across the country. A priest performs Vidhyarambam rituals on the Occasion of Vijayadasami festival at Ayyappan Temple in Coimbatore on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)
There were long queues before sweet shops as people started visiting relatives and friends to wish each other "Shubho Bijoya (Happy Vijaya Dashami)". (Photo: PTI)
Teary-eyed devotees bade an emotional farewell, as idols of goddess Durga and her children were immersed in ponds, lakes and rivers of West Bengal on Vijaya Dashami on Tuesday, bringing to an end to five days of revelry and celebration associated with the biggest festival of eastern India. (Photo: PTI)