Family tiffs and petty quarrels between neighbours are settled through this ritual. Through the ritual of Sindur Khela, the Bengali Hindu women pray for long and happy married lives of each other. Sindur Khela symbolizes the power of womanhood in protecting her husband and children from all evil. According to commonly held belief, if a woman plays Sindur Khela by following the proper custom, she will never be widowed. Finally they offer sweets to each other as prasad. Then they smear each other's faces with sindur.

Then they put sindur on each other's shankha, pala and noa, the conch shell, coral and iron bangles respectively, which are worn by the married Bengali Hindu women. Following that the women smear each other's foreheads with sindur. They also offer her sweets and betel leaves.

Each of the women perform arati and smear the goddess' forehead and feet with sindur. The women are usually dressed in white saris with red borders and adorn traditional jewelries. It is followed by Devi Baran, where the married women bid farewell to the goddess. The ritual worship of the goddess concludes with the Visarjan Puja. Women pose for photographs after Sindur Khela in Sainthia, West Bengal