We the bengalis, celebrate Durga Puja with great enthusiasm. The last day of the puja that is the Vijay Dasami,we bit farewell to the goddess by applying vermillon. The vermillon or the sindoor as we call it is believed to be sacred as it is one of the signature of a married women in our culture.
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