Sindoor Khela News
Durga Puja 2023: Sindur Khela is celebrated to mark the culmination of the days-long festivities of Durga Puja. Here are the rituals and history of this colourful tradition.
Durga Puja 2022 update: The five-day-long festivity of devotion, fun and pandal-hopping also includes many traditional rituals and practices strictly followed by Bengalis across the globe.
As Durga Puja festivities culminate on October 15, women participated in ‘Sindoor Khela’ in West Bengal.
Sindoor Khela celebrates the power of Durga—a form of Shakti in her married avatar.
The goddess is also offered sweets and betel leaves.
Before the goddess is prepared for Visarjan, women play with red colour and the ritual is known as Sindoor Khela.
Sindoor Khela celebrates the power of Durga—a form of Shakti in her married avatar.
Puja organisers told to keep inaugurations and award-distribution programmes "low key"
People should be encouraged to "offer anjali (prayers) with flowers brought from homes", the govt said
Aindoor khela should be organised by puja committee in a planned manner and in smaller groups
India is celebrating the auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami today amid the COVD-19 pandemic. This year the 5-day long festival began from October 22, 2020.
The auspicious and much-revered festival of Durga Puja is being celebrated with much fervour across the nation.
The five-day-long festivity of devotion, fun and pandal-hopping also includes many traditional rituals and practices strictly followed by Bengalis across the globe.
Bollywood's bong beauty Bipasha Basu has shared pictures from her first sindoor khela. The actress has posted a series of pictures on Instagram which also features her husband Karan Singh Grover and her sister.
Right from Dhaak Beats Sandhi Pujo, Dhanuchi Dance to Sindoor Khela—each and every ancient ritual holds great significance.
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