Durga Puja 2022: People take part in Vijayadashami across country

Organisers of most household and community pujas were seen leading colourful processions to the ghats amid the beating of drums.

Updated on: Oct 06, 2022 10:38 AM IST

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The five-day-long Durga Puja festival came to a close on Wednesday with the immersion of idols on 'Vijayadashami' at various water bodies across the country. (HT Photo/Santosh Kumar)

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During the day, women participated in the traditional 'Sindoor Khela' (smearing vermilion on each other's faces) and offered sweets and prayers to the goddess before bidding her farewell for the year. (AFP)

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Sindoor Khela is known as the 'vermillion game', and is celebrated by Bengali Hindu women. (AFP)

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Traditionally, this ritual is intended for married women who are expected to follow a defined custom and procedure when doing Sindoor Khela in the belief that it will bring them good luck and long life for their husbands. (ANI)

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Devotees carry an idol of the Hindu Goddess Durga for immersion in a pond during the final day of the Durga Puja festival on the outskirts of Allahabad. (AFP)

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Organisers of most household and community pujas were seen leading colourful processions to the ghats amid the beating of drums. (AFP)

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Shortly after the immersion, people exchanged sweets and greetings. (AP)

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A woman performs rituals to an idol of Hindu goddess Durga before it is immersed in the Hooghly River in Kolkata. The immersion of idols marks the end of the festival that commemorates the slaying of a demon king by lion-riding, 10-armed goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil. (AP)