A look at Dussehra, Vijayadashami celebrations across the nation - In Pics

Married women apply vermilion on transgender Maha Mandleshwar Kankeshwari and each other's faces during 'Sindoor Khela' before the immersion of Goddess Durga on the last day of Durga Puja Festival in Gorakhpur, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh along with other dignitaries attend an event to dedicate seven new defence companies to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of Vijayadashami, at DRDO Bhawan, in New Delhi on Friday.

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Children being initiated into the world of letters by his mother during the 'Vidyarambham' ceremony on the occasion of Vijayadashami, at the Mahalingapuram Ayyappan temple, in Chennai, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021.

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CM Bommai meets Yediyurappa to wish on Vijayadashami.

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Kannada actress Sanjjanaa Galrani's Durga Maa's avatar goes viral.

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Devotees immerse an idol of Goddess Durga in the Brahmaputra River on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in Guwahati, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. 

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Devotees carry an idol of Goddess Durga to immerse it on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. 

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Married women dance during 'Sindoor Khela' on the final day of the Durga Puja festival at Bengal Club in Mumbai, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021.

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Married women take selfies during 'Sindoor Khela' before the immersion of Goddess Durga on the last day of Durga Puja festival in Jaipur, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021.

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Married women smear vermilion on each other's faces during ''Sindoor Khela'' on the final day of the Durga Puja festival in Patna on Friday, October 15, 2021.

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People worship at the Dashanan Mandir on the occasion of Dussehra, in Kanpur on Friday.

A family organises a toy exhibition displaying Dashavatara, Ramavatara, Ashtalakshmi and others on the eve of Dussehra festival, in Hubli on Thursday. 

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President Ram Nath Kovind interacted with the jawans and officials of all ranks along with their families at the Northern Command, in Udhampur on Thursday. He extended best wishes to the soldiers on the occasion of Dussehra. 

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Effigies of Ravana, Kumbhkaran and Meghnath on the eve of Dussehra festival, at Red Fort Ground in New Delhi on Thursday. 

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Workers give the final touch to effigies of Ravana on the eve of the festival of Dussehra, in New Delhi, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021.

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Effigies of Ravana carried on a trolley on a trolley to the Dussehra ground on the eve of Dussehra festival, in Amritsar on Thursday.

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Devotees play traditional instruments as they take part in a Dussehra festival, in Kullu on Thursday.

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Women play with vermilion on the occasion of Dussehra, at a puja pandal in Varanasi, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. 

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Artists wearing traditional attire perform a traditional dance on the eve of Dussehra festival, in Coimbatore on Thursday. 

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Artists prepare effigies of king Ravana on the eve of the Hindu festival of Dussehra, in Amritsar on Thursday, October 14, 2021.

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DIG of Police Irshad Wali performs Shastra Puja at police armoury on the occasion of Dussehra, in Bhopal, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. 

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In Bhopal, members of Hindu Utsav Samiti display their weapons after performing Shastra Puja on the occasion of Dussehra festival on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021.

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Devotees offer prayers to Ravana during the Dussehra festival, at Dashanan Temple, in Kanpur on Friday.

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