Durga Puja will see a unique tradition in 2025, in which only married women can participate. On this day, while bid farewell to the goddess, she performs a special ritual in which the secret of eternal good luck and power is hidden.
Durga puja 2025: Sharadiya Navratri and Durga Puja have special significance in Hinduism. From the installation of the idol of Goddess Durga to Vijayadashami, the devotees worship the nine forms of the Goddess. Durga Puja ends on the day of Vijayadashami. On this day a special tradition is celebrated in Bengal and elsewhere, which is called Sindoor Khela. Married women offer vermilion to Goddess Durga and wish each other vermilion and wish for their unbroken good fortune.
When is sindoor played 2025?
This year in 2025, Sharadiya Navratri starts on Monday, September 22 and Durga Puja will conclude on Thursday, 2 October. This auspicious and colorful ritual of Sindoor Khela will be held on Vijayadashami, Thursday, 2 October.
Tradition of sindoor played
- Only married women play vermilion.
- First of all, she offers vermilion to Goddess Durga.
- Subsequently, they apply vermilion to each other and wish for happiness, prosperity and long life for their husbands.
- It is also considered a symbol of women’s brotherhood and power.
Religious importance
- Sindoor Khela is considered an opportunity to receive the blessings of Goddess Durga.
- This tradition ensures happiness, prosperity and pleasure of marital life in the lives of women.
- This day is a symbol of the farewell of Goddess Durga, so while farewell to her, women wish their family and husbands a long life.
- Nowadays, this tradition is not limited to Bengal only; Sindoor played wherever the Bengali community lives in the country and abroad, it is celebrated with great pomp.
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Why is vermilion played before farewell to Goddess Durga?
Sindoor played is performed only by married women and this process is extremely sacred and blissful. It is considered an important opportunity to get the direct blessings of Goddess Durga. This day is a symbol of the departure of Goddess Durga for Mount Kailash. Therefore, women pray for a long life of their family and husband while farewell. First, married women offer vermilion and paan to the idol of Goddess Durga. It is like offering it to them before farewell. After offering vermilion to Goddess Durga, women apply vermilion to each other.
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