Jabalpur, Oct. 2 -- On the occasion of Dusshera, women in Jabalpur celebrated the festival with Sindoor Khela before the Durga idol on Thursday.

The Dusshera celebrations took place at the Siddhiwala Bus Library Association. During the festivities, women applied vermillion to each other and began the ritual of Sindoor Khela. They bid farewell to the mother goddess, marking the end of her 10-day visit to her parents' home on Dusshera.

This year marks the centenary of the Association, and according to the women, Sindoor Khela is our traditional farewell celebration, which we have been honouring for many years. In this event, women from the Bengali community, as well as women from other communities, participated in the sacred Sindoor Khela...