Ravana’s effigy is set on fire during the Dussehra festival at Kalidas Ragalya in Patna on October 15, 2021.
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Police personnel perform ‘Shastra Puja’ on the occasion of Vijayadashami at Police Commissionerate Armory in Thane on October 15, 2021.
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Women perform Sindoor Khela, a ritual in which they apply vermilion before the immersion of a Durga idol, as part of the culmination of the Durga Puja festival in Laxmi Nagar, New Delhi, on October 15, 2021.
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Devotees immerse an idol of Durga in the Brahmaputra on the last day of Durga Puja in Guwahati on October 15, 2021.
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Women dance during the Sindoor Khela ritual on the last day of the Durga Puja festival at a community pandal in New Delhi on October 15, 2021.
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On the last day of Navratri, a procession is being taken out in Jabalpur.
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A child is traditionally initiated into the world of learning as part of the Vidyarambham celebrations on Vijayadashami day at Ayyappan Temple in Coimbatore on October 15, 2021.
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Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, a descendant of the Mysore royal family, performs ‘Shami Puja’ at Bhuvaneshwari Temple at Mysuru Palace on October 15, 2021.
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