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Dhunuchi dance performed during Durga Puja Scenes from the Ramayana enacted during Ramlila Navratri 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. Durga Puja
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Dhunuchi dance performed during Durga Puja
A devotee performs the celebratory dhunuchi dance before an image of the...
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Scenes from the Ramayana enacted during Ramlila
Ramlila, a traditional performance of scenes from the epic Ramayana...
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Navratri
Navratri
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Dussehra
Effigies of the 10-headed demon king Ravana (center), his son Meghanada (left), and...
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Custom of sindoor khela during Durga Puja
Sindoor, or vermilion, is applied to an image of the goddess Durga during...
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Sindoor khela
Bengali women participating in sindoor khela, the smearing of vermilion,...
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Visarjan (immersion in water)
Devotees bid farewell to goddess Durga on Vijayadashami, offering sweets to her murti...
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Durga Puja
During Durga Puja, murtis of goddess Durga—astride a lion and attacking...
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