Hyderabad: Hyderabad's Bengali community bid farewell to the enchanting festivities of Durga Puja with a vibrant and colourful sindur khela ceremony. Women from across the city gathered at various puja pandals to offer prayers to Goddess Durga on Sunday, followed by an immersion carnival at Hussain Sagar.

Sindoor Khela is a vibrant and traditional Hindu celebration that generally takes place on the last day of Navratri, this year the women bid farewell to Goddess Durga on Sunday morning with teary eyes.

Several celebrities came together to be part of Durga Puja festivities on Saturday to celebrate Vijayadashami and bid farewell to goddess Durga with the ritual

Durga Puja culminates in a blend of joy and sadness as families celebrate Sindoor Khela, honoring Goddess Durga with vibrant traditions and heartfelt farewells.

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Owing to ill health, Indira Bhaduri, the 94-year-old mother-in-law of Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan gave a miss to the Sindoor Khela at the TT Nagar Kali Badi in the city on Sunday.

This year, Vijaya Dashami celebrations among the women wore a subdued look mainly in the backdrop of the R.G. Kar horror.