Devotees across the nation tearfully bade goodbye to their beloved mother goddess Durga as her idols were immersed in ponds, lakes and rivers on Vijaya Dashami. The banks of the Ganga and other rivers wore a festive look, as puja organisers came in colourful processions to the accompaniment of drums to immerse idols of the goddess and her four children -- Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesha and Kartik. Hundreds of devotees, including the young, joined hands in immersing the goddess. The immersion ceremony symbolises the end of the goddess' annual sojourn to her paternal home and she returns to her husband Lord Shiva at their heavenly abode in Mount Kailash.
Hindu devotees chant prior to immersing an idol of Goddess Durga into the Yamuna river on the last day of the Durga Puja festival on October 24, 2012 in Delhi, India.
Hindu devotees smear red dye on each others faces as they transport an idol of Goddess Durga to be immersed into the Yamuna river on the last day of the Durga Puja festival on October 24, 2012 in Delhi, India.
Two Hindu devotees watch as others carry an idol of Goddess Durga to be immersed into the Yamuna river on the last day of the Durga Puja festival on October 24, 2012 in Delhi, India.
Hindu devotees dance and celebrate prior to immersing an idol of Goddess Durga into the Yamuna river on the last day of the Durga Puja festival on October 24, 2012 in Delhi, India.
Hindu devotees celebrate prior to immersing an idol of Goddess Durga into the Yamuna river on the last day of the Durga Puja festival on October 24, 2012 in Delhi, India.
A crane lifts idols as Hindu devotees wait to immerse an idol of Goddess Durga into the Yamuna river on the last day of the Durga Puja festival on October 24, 2012 in Delhi, India.
Hindu devotees dance and celebrate as they walk down to immerse an idol of Goddess Durga into the Yamuna river on the last day of the Durga Puja festival on October 24, 2012 in Delhi, India.
Hindu devotee raises an offering to an idol of Goddess Durga prior to immersing it into the Yamuna river on the last day of the Durga Puja festival on October 24, 2012 in Delhi, India.
Hindu devotees smear red dye on each others faces as they transport an idol of Goddess Durga to be immersed into the Yamuna river on the last day of the Durga Puja festival on October 24, 2012 in Delhi, India.
Two Hindu devotees watch as others carry an idol of Goddess Durga to be immersed into the Yamuna river on the last day of the Durga Puja festival on October 24, 2012 in Delhi, India.
Hindu devotees dance and celebrate prior to immersing an idol of Goddess Durga into the Yamuna river on the last day of the Durga Puja festival on October 24, 2012 in Delhi, India.
Hindu devotees celebrate prior to immersing an idol of Goddess Durga into the Yamuna river on the last day of the Durga Puja festival on October 24, 2012 in Delhi, India.
A crane lifts idols as Hindu devotees wait to immerse an idol of Goddess Durga into the Yamuna river on the last day of the Durga Puja festival on October 24, 2012 in Delhi, India.
Hindu devotees dance and celebrate as they walk down to immerse an idol of Goddess Durga into the Yamuna river on the last day of the Durga Puja festival on October 24, 2012 in Delhi, India.
Hindu devotee raises an offering to an idol of Goddess Durga prior to immersing it into the Yamuna river on the last day of the Durga Puja festival on October 24, 2012 in Delhi, India.
Hindu devotees celebrate prior to immersing an idol of Goddess Durga into the Yamuna river on the last day of the Durga Puja festival on October 24, 2012 in Delhi, India.
A crane lifts idols as Hindu devotees wait to immerse an idol of Goddess Durga into the Yamuna river on the last day of the Durga Puja festival on October 24, 2012 in Delhi, India.
Hindu devotees dance and celebrate as they walk down to immerse an idol of Goddess Durga into the Yamuna river on the last day of the Durga Puja festival on October 24, 2012 in Delhi, India.
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