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Dhunuchi dance performed during Durga Puja

Scenes from the Ramayana enacted during Ramlila

Large effigies of Ravana, Kumbhkaran, and Meghanad stand illuminated at dusk, with one effigy engulfed in flames and fireworks as people watch during Dussehra festival in New Delhi.

A woman in a red sari applies red sindoor powder to the face of a decorated Durga idol during the Sindoor Khela ritual at Durga Puja in Lucknow, India.

Bengali women in red and white sarees joyfully apply vermilion to each other's faces during Sindur Khela, with a decorated Durga idol in the background at a festival pandal.

Women in traditional attire immerse a colorful idol of the goddess Durga in the Mahananda River during the Durga Puja festival in Siliguri, India.

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