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Durga Puja 2022: Significance Of Sindoor Khela During Vijaydashami
Sindoor Khela (Vermillion game) is a tradition, which is followed every year on the day of Vijayadashami. For all Bengali women, this is the final ritual which holds great significance. This year, i.e., in 2022, Navratri began on 01 October and ends on 05 October 2022. Married women in West Bengal will be participating in Sindoor Khela on 05 October 2022.
On Vijayadashami or the last day of Durga Puja, married women put on sindoor or vermilion on Maa Durga's forehead and feet and thereafter they apply it to the other married women present around them.
This ritual is enjoyed just like a game and thus it is called "Sindoor Khela". Women enjoy smearing sindoor on each other. Since sindoor is a sign of a married woman, this ritual means to wish each and every one good fortune and happy married life.
History
Behind
Sindoor
Khela
Sindoor
Khela
dates
back
to
around
400
years.
It
was
the
time
when
people
had
just
started
celebrating
Durga
Puja.
According
to
a
famous
legend,
every
year
during
Durga
Puja,
Maa
Durga
comes
back
to
her
parent's
place
(father
Giriraj
and
mother
Menoka).
She also brings her daughters (Saraswati and Lakshmi), two sons (Ganesh and Kartik) and 2 companions (Bijoya and Jaya) along with her.
Maa Durga stays along with her parents for only 4 days and on Vijayadashami, she has to return to Shiva (her husband) in the far Himalayas.
Before bidding the final goodbye to the Goddess, women apply sindoor on Durga's feet and forehead and then they play with vermilion or sindoor with each other. They also pray to the Goddess for their happy and long married lives.
Rituals
Before
And
After
The
Sindoor
Khela
Vijayadashami
is
the
farewell
day
of
Maa
Durga
and
on
this
very
day,
the
Goddess
is
revered
as
"Aparajita".
This
day
is
concluded
with
the
Maha
Arati,
which
mainly
marks
the
end
of
all
the
rituals
of
Durga
Puja.
A sheetal bhog is offered to the Goddess, which comprises Kochur Shaak, Panta Bhaat and Ilish Macher Bhaja. Thereafter, the priest executes the Visarjan Puja.
The purpose of Visarjan Puja is to beg the goddess to go back to her heavenly abode which was earlier called upon in Navapatrika and was given the honour.
This particular ritual is followed by the Prasanti Vandana. A mirror is positioned before Maa Durga and all her devotees stare into the mirror to get a glimpse of the Goddess's feet.
The mirror represents that whenever Maa Durga is bathed as per any particular ritual, it is not actually the deity that is bathed, but its reflection.
The next ritual is the "Devi Boron", which is the final goodbye to the Goddess by all the married women of the neighbourhood. The women carry out the Aarti of the deity and coat her with sindoor. They also offer her paan (or beetle leaf) and sondesh (a dry sweet).
Lastly, all the women rejoice the farewell by smearing vermilion on each other, sharing sweets and by wishing each other a blessed married life.
After boron and sindoor khela, Maa Durga's idol is carried out of the pandal and made ready for departure, for the immersion in the Ganga. This ritual is known as "Visarjan", in which a splendid farewell celebration is organized by the devotees.
On the banks of the river Ganga, the last Aarti is performed just before submerging the idol. Finally, the deity is submerged into water with the utmost care and vigilance.
After the Visarjan ritual, people come back to their places and in the evening, they visit each other at their places. People wish each other by saying "Shubho Bijoya" and they embrace each other. Young people seek blessings from their elders for a happy and prosperous life.
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