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Indian women devotees of the Bengali community, pose after applying sindoor, or vermillion, to each other's faces as they took part in the “Sindoor Puja”, a ritual performed before the immersion of Goddess Durga idols into bodies of water on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in Mumbai, India, 02 October 2025. The Sindoor Puja marks the end of the Durga Puja festival. This five-day Hindu festival is widely celebrated in the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Odisha, and Tripura. It culminates in the immersion of idols of the Hindu goddess Durga, who symbolizes power and the triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA)
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