Oct 03, 2025

Niharika Sanjeeiv

Dusshera 2025: Sindoor Khela To Ravana Dahan, This Is How India Celebrated Vijayadashmi

Vijayadashmi is celebrated across Indian states differently. In Bengal, people celebrate it with sindoor khela and conclude with Goddess Durga's idol immersed in a sacred river.

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While in other parts, people observe the day by celebrating the dahan of Ravana, marking the victory of good over evil.

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Vijayadashmi marks the last day of the Durga Pujo festival.

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Sindoor Khela is a Bengali Hindu tradition where women smear each other with sindoor on Vijayadashami, the last day of the Durga Puja.

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And then her idol is immersed in a sacred river.

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In states like North and South, people dressed as Lord Rama enact the Ravana Dahan scene from the Hindi scriptures.

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It was on this day, Lord Rama beat Ravana and brought Goddess Sita home.

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