A woman shows her hand, decorated with traditional design with Mehndi, or henna, ahead of Teej festival in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Sunday, September 17, 2022. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Children worship a Chandrayaan-3 themed idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha during Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Hyderabad, India, Monday, September 18, 2023. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Indian paramilitary soldiers patrol in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, September 19, 2023. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Prima Pramac Racing's Spanish rider Jorge Martin (C) and Gresini Racing MotoGP's Spanish rider Alex Marquez (center L) dance with Indian performers ahead of the Indian MotoGP Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi, on September 21, 2023. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





A man wears plastic bottles to spread awareness about mosquito borne diseases while municipal workers fumigate a locality in Chennai on September 22, 2023. (Photo by R. Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Workers raking rice out to dry in the sun create mesmerising patterns in a paddy field in Habra in west Bengal, India in the last decade of September 2023. (Photo by Dibakar Roy/Solent News)





Indian ragpicker collects recyclable material from a polluted area of the river Brahmaputra on World River Day in Guwahati, India on September 24, 2023. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Hindu devotees gather for the immersion of the idols of elephant-headed Hindu god Lord Ganesh during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, at Pattinapakkam beach, in Chennai, India, 24 September 2023. The ten-day-long Hindu festival marks the birth of Lord Ganesha. Idols of the Hindu deity are worshiped at hundreds of pandals or makeshift tents before they are immersed into water bodies. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/EPA)





Workers conduct maintenance work on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai on September 25, 2023. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe/AFP Photo)





A boy looks at an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, before it is immersed in the sea beside the Gateway of India monument on the seventh day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Mumbai, India on September 25, 2023. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Indian police force pro-Kannada activists into a bus during a protest against the Supreme Court's order on the Cauvery river water dispute and Tamil Nadu chief minister in Bangalore, India, 26 September 2023. Hundreds of farmers and pro-Kannada activists staged a protest calling for a “Bangalore Bandh” and Section 144 implemented across the city, following the Indian Supreme Court's order and the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) order directed Karnataka to continue releasing 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for another 15 days. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA)





Police officers intervene as a man attempts to hang himself during a protest to oppose the sharing of river water with a neighboring state, in Bengaluru, India on September 26, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Indian police detain a woman during a protest by pro-Kannada activists against the Supreme Court's order on the Cauvery river water dispute and Tamil Nadu chief minister in Bangalore, India, 26 September 2023. Hundreds of farmers and pro-Kannada activists staged a protest calling for a “Bangalore Bandh” and Section 144 implemented across the city, following the Indian Supreme Court's order and the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) order directed Karnataka to continue releasing 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for another 15 days. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA/EFE)





An idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha is taken for immersion on the final day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Thursday, September 28, 2023. The festival is a celebration of the birth of Ganesha, the Hindu god of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





People carry an idol of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, for immersion into the Arabian Sea on the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival, in Mumbai, India on September 28, 2023. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





An idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha is taken for immersion on the final day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Thursday, September 28, 2023. The festival is a celebration of the birth of Ganesha, the Hindu god of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





People carry an idol of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, for immersion into an artificial pond on the river bank of Sabarmati on the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival, in Ahmedabad, India on September 28, 2023. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Devotees shift an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, from an artificial pond to the Sabarmati river after being immersed on the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival, in Ahmedabad, India on September 28, 2023. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A girl sits next to a line with washed shirts drying at an open air laundry in New Delhi on September 28, 2023. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A Kashmiri farmer works in a paddy field on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, September 28, 2023. Agriculture is the main source of food, income, and employment in rural areas. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)