VijayaDashami - Sindoor Khela

VijayDashmi is the last day of Durga Puja on that Devi Durga Visarjan ritual takes place. In the late morning or after the Bengali women celebrate the ritual of Sindoor(vermillion) Khela. Sindoor Khela or the game of smearing vermillion is one of the much-awaited ceremonies of Bengali married women.



























Mainly the vermillion is offered at Her feet and later a pinch is applied on Her forehead as a mark of respect by married women. This ritual is called Boron.

Sindoor Khela symbolizes the power of womanhood and mainly the power of the women or Shakti to protect her husband from all maladies and will respect the companionship through thick and thin. Women clad in red and white colored sarees while they come to play the vermillion along with beautiful jewelry to represent Devi Durga’s Shakti and to seek the goddess’s blessings for the long life of their husbands, children, and other family members.





















Also the ladies perform some Dhunuchi dance and enjoy the ritual. But soon after the sheer enjoyment, the saddest episode of the grandest festival of the Bengalis comes forth. It is the immersion of the deity along with Her four children known as Visarjan. They are loaded on trucks and followed by a crowded procession towards the Ganges or in lakes or ponds. Here, the deities are immersed with the hope that next year Maa Durga along with Her children will again come to Earth to check on Her Bhakts and bless them.


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