- A glimpse of Bengal was seen in Bhopal; women applied sindoor to each other
Bhopal: A glimpse of Bengal was seen in the Durga festival of Kali Badi located in TT Nagar, Bhopal. The ritual of ‘Sindoor Khela’ started at 10 am on Sunday at the time of farewell of Durga idols kept by the Bengali community. Women bid farewell in a special way after the idol worship.
Mata Rani was bid farewell in the traditional way with Sindoor Daan in Kalibari. On this occasion, hundreds of families of the community joined Kali Bari and took darshan of Mata and organized Sindoor Khela while dancing to the tune of traditional Dhak. In the event, married women offer sindoor to Mata Rani and take blessings of being akhand sabhugayavati. After this, everyone hugs each other by applying sindoor
Women were seen applying sindoor to each other
Jaya Bachchan’s sister and wife of Bollywood actor Rajiv Verma, Rita Verma attended the program. She told that mother Indira Bhaduri is not well right now, so she could not attend this time, while about Jaya Bachchan, she told that she could not come this time, we are constantly talking about this.
This is the Sindoor Khela ritual. In Bengal, before the immersion of Durga idol, devotees perform the ritual of Sindoor Khela. In this ritual, married women take betel leaves in their hands and touch them to the cheeks of Maa Durga. After this, Maa Durga’s maang is filled by placing sindoor in the betel leaves. Sindoor is also applied on the forehead of the mother. Then all the married women apply sindoor to each other and pray to Maa Durga for the long life of their husbands.
Women of Bengali society danced during Sindhur Khela.
Women of Bengali society perform Dhunuchi dance During this time, women of Bengali society also perform Dhunuchi dance. In Bengal, this dance is performed to increase the power and energy of Maa Bhavani. Coconut and havan samagri (dhunno) are kept in Dhunuchi. Actually it is called Shakti dance. According to the Puranas, Mahishasur was very powerful. Maa Bhavani performed Dhunuchi dance before killing him. Aarti of the mother is performed with that.
