![]() As part of the ritual, Bengali women, usually dressed in white saris with red borders, first perform Devi Baran, bidding farewell to the Goddess. The ritual of Sindoor Khela begins after the Visarjan Puja on Vijaya Dashami, the last day of the Durga Puja festival. READ | Durga Puja Special: Rites, rituals and process of the making of Ma Durga Sindoor Khela: Traditions and beliefs Sindoor Khela, or Sindur Khela, literally means ‘vermillion game’, and is celebrated by Bengali Hindu women. Traditionally, this ritual is meant for married women who are supposed to follow a set custom and protocol while playing Sindoor Khela, believing this will bring good luck for them and long life for their husbands. After that begins Sindoor Khela, when they apply sindoor on the feet of the older women among them and then playfully smear sindoor on each other’s faces. After ‘ghat visarjan’, a symbolic immersion of Durga declaring the end of the Puja rituals, women apply sindur, or vermillion, on the forehead and the feet of the Goddess and offer sweets to her. Even though it’s a day when people feel sad, and emotional scenes can be seen at most of the pandals, there is a special group of people who religiously wait for the day. Vijaya Dashami, being the last day of the festival, is hence a sombre occasion when Goddess Durga is bid adieu for a year. Durga Puja is the biggest festival for Bengalis who wait all year long for the five days of festivities. ![]()
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