Bengali women in their traditional attire put red vermillion each other as a part of a ritual on last day of Durga Puja

Bengali women in traditional attire performing a ritual of vermillion known as 'Sindur khela' as a part of Durga Puja festival on the last day of the five days long festival in Kolkata on October 26th, 2020., West Bengal, India, Asia. Durgapuja the five days long festival is widely celebrated throughout West Bengal, especially in Kolkata. According to the mythology the Durga the goddess of power comes at her maternal home once in a year with her four children and slay ‘Mahishasur’ the demon of negativity. The city is celebrating the festival amidst pandemic COVID-19. Kolkata High Court has declared ‘No Entry’ inside the pandals for the outside visitors to avoid crowd as a preventive measure of the pandemic situation. The present COVID-19 cases in India are 6,53,717.