Devotees perform ‘Dhunuchi Nach' dance during a procession for ‘visarjan’ (idol immersion) on the banks of the Ganga river marking the end of the Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata

Devotees perform 'Dhunuchi Nach' dance in front of an idol of Goddess Durga during 'Arti' ritual amid the Durga Puja festival in Varanasi 

Hindu priests perform 'Havan' or a religious ritual in front of an idol of the goddess Durga during the Durga Puja festival in Amritsar 

Devotees take part in a ritual 'Sindoor Khela' wherein married women anoint each other with vermilion powder ahead of the immersion of the idol of Goddess Durga during Durga Puja festival in Chandigarh 

Young girls dressed as Goddess Durga sit near the deity's idol during the traditional 'Kumari Puja' as a part of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata

Devotees immerse an idol of Goddess Durga at the end of the Durga Puja festival celebrations at Bolpur in Birbhum district, West Bengal

An idol of Goddess Durga being immersed during visarjan marking the end of the Durga Puja festival at Dharmanagar area in North Tripura district