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Durga Puja ends with immersion of idols
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An idol of Goddess Durga on the last day of Puja at a pandal in New Delhi. The five-day Durga Puja festival commemorates the slaying of a demon king Mahishasur by goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil. (Ajay Aggarwal/Hindustan Times)
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Married Bengali women play “Sindoor Khela”, smearing vermillion on each other, during the final day of Durga Puja festivities in New Delhi. (Ajay Aggarwal/Hindustan Times)
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’Kajal’ and ‘sindoor’ , or kohl and vermillion, are the colours of the day at “Sindoor Khela “ on Durga Puja's last day Bijoya Dashami at a Durga Puja Pandal at CR Park, in New Delhi, India, on Friday, October 23, 2015. (Ravi Choudhary/Hindustan Times)
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Married Bengali women play “Sindoor Khela”, smearing vermillion on each other, during the final day of Durga Puja festivities in New Delhi. The five-day Durga Puja festival symbolises the triumph of good over evil. (Ajay Aggarwal/Hindustan Times)
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Married Bengali women play “Sindoor Khela”, smearing vermillion on each other, during the final day of Durga Puja festivities in New Delhi. (Ravi Choudhary/Hindustan Times)
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Women participate in traditional ‘Sindoor Khela’ on Vijaya Dasahami at Bagbazar Puja Pandal in North Kolkata, India. (Subhankar Chakraborty/Hindustan Times)
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Dhunachi aarti at Sindoor Khela Utsav celebrated before Goddess Durga visarjan, celebrated by married woman at Banga Maitri Sansad, in Mumbai, India. (Vidya Subramanian/ Hindustan Times)
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Devotees dance before immersing the idol of goddess Durga in the River Yamuna in New Delhi, India. (Arun Sharma/ Hindustan Times)
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Hindu devotees immerse the idol of Goddess Durga in the polluted River Yamuna on the final day of the Dussehra festival, in Noida, India. (Burhaan Kinu / Hindustan Times)
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An idol of Goddess Durga before being immersed in the River Yamuna on the final day of the Durga Puja celebrations, in Noida, India. (Burhaan Kinu /Hindustan Times)
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Hindu devotees dance before immersing the idol of Goddess Durga on the final day of the Durga Puja celebrations, in Noida, India. (Burhaan Kinu /Hindustan Times)
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