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Devotees immersing the idol of Goddess Durga to mark the end of the nine-day festival of Durga Puja at the banks of river Brahmaputra in Guwahati on Monday,28 September 2009.

Devotees on their way for the immersion idol of Goddess Durga to mark the end of the nine-day festival of Durga Puja at the banks of river Brahmaputra in Guwahati on Monday,28 September 2009.

Women apply traditional Sindur to each other as a ritual on Vijaya Dashami celebrations in Mumbai on Monday,28 September 2009.

Women apply traditional Sindur to each other as a ritual on Vijaya Dashami celebrations in Mumbai on Monday,28 September 2009.

Devotees immersing the idol of Goddess Durga to mark the end of the nine-day festival of Durga Puja at the banks of river Brahmaputra in Guwahati on Monday,28 September 2009.

A woman devotee on her way for the immersion of Goddess Durga idol to mark the end of the nine-day festival of Durga Puja at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Monday,28 September 2009.

A woman blows conch during traditional Sindur utsav on Vijaya Dashami celebrations in Kolkata on Monday,28 September 2009.

Women apply traditional Sindur to each other as a ritual on Vijaya Dashami celebrations in Kolkata on Monday,28 September 2009.

Bengali women apply traditional Sindur to each other as a ritual on Vijaya Dashami celebrations at Aram Bag Durga puja samiti in New Delhi on Monday,28 September 2009.

Devotees immersing the idol of Goddess Durga to mark the end of the nine-day festival of Durga Puja in Yumuna river in New Delhi on Monday,28 September 2009.

Women apply traditional Sindur to each other as a ritual on Vijaya Dashami celebrations in Kolkata on Monday,28 September 2009.

Bollywood Music Director Bappi Lahiri performs during Durga Puja celebration at Sarbojanik Durga Puja pandal in Mumbai on Saturday ,26 September 2009.

Bollywood Music Director Bappi Lahiri greets during Durga Puja celebration at Sarbojanik Durga Puja pandal in Mumbai on Saturday ,26 September 2009.

Bollywood Actor Rituparna Sengupta during Durga Puja celebration at Sarbojanik Durga Puja pandal in Mumbai on Saturday ,26 September 2009.

Devotees during Sandhya Aarti on the occasion of "Astomi" at a Traditional House Puja in Kolkata on Saturday,26 September 2009.

Tollywood Actress June Malia offers prayer during Sandhya Aarti on the occasion of "Astomi" at a Traditional House Puja in Kolkata on Saturday,26 September 2009.

A priest performs aarti at C R Park on the occasion of Ashtami puja day of Durga Puja in New Delhi on Sunday,27 September 2009.

Bollywood Music Director Bappi Lahiri and Actor Rituparna Sengupta perform during Durga Puja celebration at Sarbojanik Durga Puja pandal in Mumbai on Saturday ,26 September 2009.

TV Actor Jaya Bhattacharya distribute sampling during Durga Puja celebration at Sarbojanik Durga Puja pandal in Mumbai on Saturday ,26 September 2009.

Devotees during Sandhya Aarti on the occasion of "Astomi" at a Traditional House Puja in Kolkata on Saturday,26 September 2009.

Hindu devotees offer prayers on the occasion of Durga Puja in New Delhi on Sunday,27 September 2009.The annual festival Durga Puja, which ends on September 28, involves worship of Durga who symbolizes power and the triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.

Bollywood Music Director Bappi Lahiri performs during Durga Puja celebration at Sarbojanik Durga Puja pandal in Mumbai on Saturday ,26 September 2009.

TV Actor Jaya Bhattacharya offers prayer during Durga Puja celebration at Sarbojanik Durga Puja pandal in Mumbai on Saturday ,26 September 2009.

Devotees during Sandhya Aarti on the occasion of "Astomi" at a Traditional House Puja in Kolkata on Saturday,26 September 2009.

A priest performs aarti at C R Park on the occasion of Ashtami puja day of Durga Puja in New Delhi on Sunday,27 September 2009.

A young Indian Hindu girl gestures as she is being worshipped as "Kumari", (a young girl portraying the Hindu goddess Durga), on the occasion of Durga Pooja festival celebration in Kolkata on Saturday, 26 September 2009.

A young Indian Hindu girl gestures as she is being worshipped as "Kumari", (a young girl portraying the Hindu goddess Durga), on the occasion of Durga Pooja festival celebration in Kolkata on Saturday, 26 September 2009.

A priest worships a young Indian Hindu girl as "Kumari", (a young girl portraying the Hindu goddess Durga), on the occasion of Durga Pooja festival celebration in Kolkata on Saturday, 26 September 2009.

TV Actor Rohit Roy with his wife Mansi Joshi on the occasion of Durga Pooja celebration at Lokhandwala Durga Pooja Pandal in Mumbai on Saturday, 26 September 2009.

Bollywood Actor Rituparna Sengupta on the occasion of Durga Pooja celebration at Sarvojnin Mandal in Mumbai on Saturday, 26 September 2009.

Bollywood Actor Bipasha Basu on the occasion of Durga Pooja celebration at Sarvojnin Mandal in Mumbai on Saturday, 26 September 2009.

Bollywood Actor John Abraham and Bipasha Basu on the occasion of Durga Pooja celebration at Sarvojnin Mandal in Mumbai on Saturday,26 September 2009.

A priest performs arti (puja) on the occasion of Saptami puja day of Durga Pooja festival celebration in New Delhi on Saturday, 26 September 2009.

Devotees offer prayers on the occasion of Durga Pooja celebration in New Delhi on Saturday, 26 September 2009.

Indian Cricketer Sourav Ganguly on the occasion of "Mahashtami" puja day of Durga Pooja festival celebration at community pandal in Kolkata on Saturday, 26 September 2009.

A young Indian Hindu girl gestures as she is being worshipped as "Kumari", (a young girl portraying the Hindu goddess Durga), on the occasion of Durga Pooja festival celebration in Kolkata on Saturday, 26 September 2009.

Bollywood Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya serves food to people on the occasion of Durga Pooja celebration at Lokhandwala Durga Pooja Pandal in Mumbai on Saturday, 26 September 2009.

Bollywood Actor Bipasha Basu on the occasion of Durga Pooja celebration at Sarvojnin Mandal in Mumbai on Saturday, 26 September 2009.

Bollywood Actor Bipasha Basu on the occasion of Durga Pooja celebration at Sarvojnin Mandal in Mumbai on Saturday, 26 September 2009.

Bollywood Actor Moushumi Chatterjee with her husband Jayant Mukherjee and daughter on the occasion of Durga Pooja celebration at Sarvojnin Mandal in Mumbai on Saturday,26 September 2009.