Kolkata:
Durga Puja, the biggest annual festival of the Hindus today ended with the immersion of idols on Dasami, ending the four days of festivity.
Women smeared vermilion on each other's faces in a ritual called 'sindoor khela' and offered sweets and prayers to Goddess Durga.
People of all ages exchanged greetings with each other on the occasion of 'Bijoya'.
In the evening community and household puja idols made their way to the banks of the river Hooghly for immersion.
The police made adequate security arrangements at various places.
Besides police officials, personnel from state civil defence, civic body officials, Kolkata Port Trust and River Traffic Police assisted in the immersion process while speed boats of India Navy kept watch.
Till evening, 252 immersion had taken place out of 1621 in the metropolis.