In Pictures: Dasara celebrations across the country

Scion of the Mysore royal family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar performs 'shami pooja' at Bhuvaneshwari temple in the Mysuru Palace on October 15, 2021. (Source: PTI)

Celebrations ensued all across the country marking the festival of Vijayadasami/Dasara, as the nine-night festivities of Navaratri came to an end.

An effigy of Ravana is set on fire during Dasara celebrations at Kalidas Ragalya in Patna on October 15, 2021. (Source: PTI)

An effigy of Ravana is set on fire during Dasara celebrations at Kalidas Ragalya in Patna on October 15, 2021. (Source: PTI)

Police personnel perform 'Shastra Puja' on the occasion of 'Vijaya Dashami' at the Police Commissionerate armoury in Thane on October 15, 2021. (Source: PTI)

Women perform Sindhur Khela, a ritual in which they apply sindhur before the immersion of the idol of Durga, as part of the culmination of the Durga Puja festival at Laxmi Nagar in New Delhi on October 15, 2021. (Source: The Hindu)

Devotees immerse an idol of Goddess Durga in the Brahmaputra River on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in Guwahati on October 15, 2021. (Source: PTI)

Women with faces dance during 'Sindhoor Khela' ritual on the final day of the Durga Puja festival at a community pandal, in New Delhi on October 15, 2021. (Source: PTI)

People participate in the 'Chal Samaroh' procession on the last day of Navaratri, in Jabalpur. (Source: PTI)

A child being traditionally initiated into the world of learning as part of the Vidyarambham ceremony on Vijayadasami Day at the Ayyappan temple in Coimbatore October 15, 2021. (Source: The Hindu)