The scene was really amazing and so amiable.

The Bengali women folk wearing traditional dresses offer vermilion at the feet of the Goddess and then smear each other with the red vermilion, wishing long life for their husbands and peace and prosperity for their families.'īut to my surprise, I observed an wonderful Sindur Khela at Dhakeshhori Puja pandal/mandop where I didn't find such strict restriction and found both married & unmarried womans & girls were participating in Sindur Khela. People say, 'This day is marked here with ‘Sindur Khela’ or, smearing of the vermilion. If they are widows they cannot apply Sindur on the parting of their hair.

The ritual of applying Sindur can also take place at home when Bijoya Dashami is celebrated with family members.Īpart from this ritual, the significance is that the ladies who indulge in this Khela are praying to Maa Durga for the longevity of their spouses. What is left on the fingers is applied to their faces. Before idols are being taken away for immersion, Sindur is taken from the front of the idols and applied to the parting in the hair by married women. Married women take part in the Sindur Khela whereby they pray to the Goddess with vermilion, betel leaf, sweets and smearing each other with Sindur to bid farewell to the Devi. Sindur Khela is an event on the Dashami, enacted before the idol of Mother Goddess prior to she is immersed in water. The origin of this ritual is unknown to this day but many say it started about 400 years ago. Widows or unmarried women are a strict no-no. It is purely a ladies function and that too restricted to only married ladies. I took this shot in the graceful interiors of Chatubabu Latubabu house.The light was a bit dim but I hope my friends enjoy this glimpse of the traditional festivities of Bengal.ĭurga Puja and the most interesting part of the six day function is enacted on the Bijoya Dashami day, known as Sindur Khela. This is how a married daughter is seen off from her parental home in Bengal.After this the ladies indulge in a little fun as they apply vermillion on each other's forehead and faces.Hence the name Sindur Khela - playing with vermillion.:-)

On the last day of Durga Puja- Vijayadashami- Bengali ladies carry out the rituals of Devibaran and Sindur Khela.Dressed in all their traditional finery they apply sindur (vermillion) on the forehead and feet of the Goddess and offer her Paan (betel) and sweets. The rituals of Devibaran and Sindur Khela in progress in Chatu Babu-Latu Babu house in Beadon street in North Kolkata.This grand old mansion was built by the Bengali enterpreneur-millionaire of the 18th century - Ramdulal Dey.He was supposed to have maintained trade relations with America!The Durga Puja originally started by him in 1770 became famous during the lifetime of his sons Chatubabu and Latu Babu.The Puja is now carried on by the descendants.

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