Devotees play instruments during International Kullu Dushehra, in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh

College students and volunteers participate in a cleanliness drive after immersion of goddess Durga idols following the Durga puja festival, at the bank of River Ganga, in Kolkata

A dance performance during Durga Puja Carnival, in Kolkata

Idols of Goddess Durga during a procession of Durga Puja Carnival to showcase the award-winning idols from the Durga Puja festival 2019 in Kolkata.

Idols of Goddess Durga during a procession of Durga Puja Carnival to showcase the award-winning idols from the Durga Puja festival 2019 in Kolkata.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during Durga Puja Carnival, in Kolkata

Actor and TMC MP Nusrat Jahan with her husband Nikhil Jain during 'Sindoor Khela' at a community puja pandal before Durga idol immersion, in Kolkata.

Actor and TMC MP Nusrat Jahan during 'Sindoor Khela' at a community puja pandal before Durga idol immersion, in Kolkata.

Nine Nights of the Goddess

The Durga Puja pandal is a smorgasbord of happiness, and piety. You can’t fake it. Like the joy in Rani Mukerji and Karan Johar’s sindoor-smeared faces; like the devoutness in ...

Devotees carry an idol of goddess Durga for immersion in Ichamati river (river demarcating India- Bangladesh border) at Taki in North 24 Parganas district of West-Bengal.

Artists dressed as Ram, Laxman, Sita and Hanuman during "Bharat Milap" during of LuvKush Ramleela concluding the day of Ramleela Festival at Red Fort Ground, in New Delhi.

Workers clear clay idols of goddess Durga and other puja materials from a artificial pond after Vijaya Dashami, at Kalindi Kunj, in New Delhi. To reduce pollution in River Yamua, D...

Artists dressed as Ram, Laxman, Sita and Hanuman during "Bharat Milap", which is enacted on the day following Vijayadashami, in Ayodhya.

A huge crowd during historic "Bharat Milap", which is enacted on the day following Vijayadashami, at Nati Imli in Varanasi.

Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray during the Dussehera rally in Mumbai.

Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray during the Dussehera rally in Mumbai.

Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray during the Dussehera rally in Mumbai.

Devotees immerse idols of Goddess Durga after the end of Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, West Bengal.

The immersion of an idol of the goddess Durga during Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, West Bengal.

Devotees immerse idols of Goddess Durga after the end of Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, West Bengal.