Debi Boron and Sindur Khela

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A grand adieu to Goddess Durga praying for the longevity of spouse

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On the last day of Dussehra or Vijayadashami, a vibrant ritual, Debi Boron and Sindur Khela, is performed by married women seeking the blessings of Maa Durga for the longevity of their spouses. It's believed that Goddess Durga leaves this earth on that day, going to her husband’s house, to stay with him and her children. So before leaving, she sparkles the blessings on all married women, who perform this ritual, to stay happily with their husband and children.

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As part of this ritual, married women offer sweets, sindoor (vermilion) and betel leaves to the goddess as part of their prayers, and then apply the sindoor on Goddess’s face, covering her feet with betel leaf. Sindoor is used to celebrate the Goddess's married status. Then they collect a small amount of Sindoor from the goddess and apply it on their conch bangles and other accessories, after which the real fun begins in which, they smear each other with sindoor. It is believed that a woman will never be widowed, if she performs these rituals with proper custom - such powerful rituals we have. The ritual is a Bengali Hindu tradition, believed to be originated few centuries back. We have few bengali friends on our society, so they planned this ritual, inviting others who joined very happily. After all, the Goddess belongs to all and bless us good health and family life. Though originally only married women were being allowed, in recent years, some progressive thoughts has brought changes to the ritual allowing all women, if they want to participate, symbolizing universal bonding between all women. So let me take you through a photographic journey of all the great, committed women, who protect our life with their strong belief.

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A copy, book and pen of kids were also surrendered to the Goddess to give blessings to the kids.

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Here is a short video compilation :

Shot with SONY α6400 with 18-135 mm Zoom Lens

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One of the traditional rituals that never dies....shows the faith and respect to Goddess

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We have so many beautiful rituals, that gives us peace of mind.

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Love it and I do like the way they seem to be colour themed around the sindoor colouring.

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Yes, they did prepare well to match to the ritual.

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all the women are looking beautiful in Sareeh and they are happy because of the event celebtaion.

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The pictures you took sir are evidence of how happy the married women are on their marriage. I hope their prayers will be heard, sir. 😊

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Siempre disfruto el arte y la vestimenta de la India 🇮🇳 espero algún día poder visitar tu país saludos y Excelente post !! 😊

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If there is a will there is a way, hope you will come to India soon.

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Good morning dear friend @sanjeevm
What beautiful festivities, how great to see the whole family involved
I love these traditions.
I appreciate you letting us know
Have a great weekend

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So colourful. Probably all in red and white. Its nice to know our country rituals in diversified forms, keeping the unity. Every religion has its own beautiful tradition. Happy Dussera 😊.

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Every religion has its own beautiful tradition

Indeed, these traditions makes us alive.

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Your son is now taller than your wife, he is now a handsome man

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That’s a good tradition
I love the color of each dresses and all
Happy celebration

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Is there any reason why sweets are always part of the Indian celebrations?

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This is worth celebrating, very amazing culture. Your son is growing big by the day.

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I wait a whole year for these days. Every time after the puja it is very painful. 😞

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That is a wonderful celebration. I really like the colors and what the celebration signifies. Do they have different dresses for different celebrations?

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Do they have different dresses for different celebrations?

Women will always have something different to suit to different celebrations, they bring colors to our life.

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The ritual is a Bengali Hindu tradition

Yes, I was about to ask as some of them are in Bengali attire.

As always you have produced some good quality, sharp shots of this event. I thoroughly enjoyed making a virtual tour of this event. A small video clip would have been wonderful.

Thank you.

Jai Jagannath
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A small video clip would have been wonderful.

A video link is at the end, but its really short. All the photographs and videos were taken by son, as I was out to hospital with my daughter, so he managed well.

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oh, I missed it. Will take a look at it now.

Thank you.

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The world is such a wonderful place, every culture with a mix of colors, fascinating rituals...everyone should travel and see things like this

thanks for sharing

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One thing I love about your country is their very colourful attires and even more colourful festivals and ceremonies, maybe that's just why I'm hooked on Zeeworld 😁

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very colourful attires and even more colourful festivals and ceremonies

They make us alive, unfortunately, we are so hooked up working to not enjoy them to the fullest, earning all the diseases. But there are people, who live their life happily, with all these festivals, without running behind money.

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