The famous 'Sindoor Khela' of Bengalis as Dashami comes to an end

Every year on the day of Dashami during the Durga Puja celebrations, married women in Kolkata take part in Sindoor Khela.

Married Bengali women smear Sindur or vermilion on each other's faces during Sindur Khela on Vijaya Dashmi. (Photo | PTI)

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11 Oct 2016, 11:02 am

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A woman in Bangalore enjoys the festivities after taking part in Sindoor Khela. (Photo | PTI)

Married women participate in Sindur Khela during Durga Puja in Lucknow. (Photo | PTI)

Women participate in Sindur Khela at a puja pandal on the last day of Durga puja at Chittaranjan Park in New Delhi. (Photo | PTI)

The Murshidabad district of West Bengal was painted red as women engage in the Sindoor Khela. (Photo | PTI)

People dance and enjoy the 'Sindoor Khela'. (Photo | PTI)

The vermilion is first applied to the idol of the goddess, and then applied to all the married women around. (Photo | PTI)

Women engage in this ritual to show their pride and love for their husbands. (Photo | PTI)

Since Dashami marks Goddess Durga's return to her in-laws' house, the women do this to give her a royal send-off. (Photo | PTI)

Women dancing during Sindoor Khela on the last day of Durga Puja in Patna. (Photo | PTI)

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