In pics: How India celebrates Vijayadashmi

Oct 24, 2012 16:47pm

Take a look how Vijayadashmi was celebrated across India.
AP
Women play with vermilion (Sidur Khela) at a Durga puja pandal on the occasion of Bijoya Dashami in Kolkata.
PTI
Bengali married women participate in Sindur Khela at a Durga puja pandal on the occasion of Vijayadashami.
PTI
A woman applies vermilion on an idol of goddess Durga during Durga Puja festivities in New Delhi.
AP
Women apply vermillion on each other during Durga Puja festivities in New Delhi.
AP
The festival commemorates the slaying of a demon king by lion-riding, ten-armed goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil.
AP
A woman reacts as others apply vermillion powder on her during Durga Puja festivities in New Delhi.
AP
Women apply vermillion powder on each other during Durga Puja festivities in New Delhi.
AP
Women in New Delhi during the Sindur Khela at a Durga Puja Pandal.
AP
A devotee offers a sweet to an idol of goddess Durga during Durga Puja festivities.
AP
A Hindu priest writes on the tongue of a child sitting on the lap of his mother as children are initiated into the world of knowledge and letters on Vijayadashami Day in Chennai.
AP
Women wait for their turn to makes offerings to an idol of goddess Durga in New Delhi.
AP
Artisans give final touches to an effigy of demon King Ravana on the eve of Dussehra in Shimla.
PTI
Effigy of demon king Ravana is installed at Lal Qila Maidan on the eve of Dussehra.
PTI
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel perform a puja of their weapons to mark Shastra Pujan on the occasion of Dussehra at the CRPF camp in Amritsar.
PTI
A Ramlila scene being staged at Azad Maidan in Mumbai.
PTI