With dhols and dhunuchi dance, women celebrate Sindoor Khela

Women dance during 'Sindoor Khela' at a Durga Puja pandal, in New Delhi. (Express Photo Tashi Tobgyal)

Sindoor Khela is celebrated on the last day of the Durga Puja festival. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

Sindoor Khela celebrations in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida. (Express Photo by Gajendra Yadav)

During Sindoor Khela, married women greet and smear some vermillion on Goddess Durga, and on themselves, praying for the health and prosperity of their families. (Express Photo by Gajendra Yadav)

Women pose for photographs as they celebrate Sindoor Khela, in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida (Express Photo by Gajendra Yadav)

'Sindoor Khela' at Bangiya Bhawan Durga Pandal, in Chandigarh. (Express Jaipal Singh)

On this day, the women prepare the Goddess Durga for her journey back to mount Kailash (Express Photo by Rajendra Yadav)

Transgender academician Manabi Bandyopadhyay with Bangladeshi actor Apu Biswas plays Sindoor Khela at Kankurgachi Yubak Brinda, in Kolkata. (Express Photo by Partha Paul)