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A vendor checks Indian currency notes after selling marigold garlands, which are used to decorate temples and homes during the Hindu festival of Durga Puja, at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata, India October 6, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

A vendor checks Indian currency notes after selling marigold garlands, which are used to decorate temples and homes during the Hindu festival of Durga Puja, at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata, India October 6, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



Vendors selling marigold garlands, which are used to decorate temples and homes during the Hindu festival of Durga Puja, drink tea as they wait for customers at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata, India October 6, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

Vendors selling marigold garlands, which are used to decorate temples and homes during the Hindu festival of Durga Puja, drink tea as they wait for customers at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata, India October 6, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



A man reads a newspaper next to marigold garlands, which are used to decorate temples and homes during the Hindu festival of Durga Puja, at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata, India October 6, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

A man reads a newspaper next to marigold garlands, which are used to decorate temples and homes during the Hindu festival of Durga Puja, at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata, India October 6, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



A vendor sells marigold garlands, which are used to decorate temples and homes during the Hindu festival of Durga Puja, at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata, India October 6, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

A vendor sells marigold garlands, which are used to decorate temples and homes during the Hindu festival of Durga Puja, at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata, India October 6, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



Men beat the traditional Indian drums called “Tasha” to attract the organisers to hire them to perform at the upcoming Hindu festival of Durga Puja in Kolkata, India October 6, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

Men beat the traditional Indian drums called “Tasha” to attract the organisers to hire them to perform at the upcoming Hindu festival of Durga Puja in Kolkata, India October 6, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



Workers load liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cooking cylinders onto a supply truck outside a distribution centre in Mumbai, India, February 19, 2015. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)

Workers load liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cooking cylinders onto a supply truck outside a distribution centre in Mumbai, India, February 19, 2015. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)



Women offer prayers in front of the idol of Durga at a platform inside a home, during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, October 7, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

Women offer prayers in front of the idol of Durga at a platform inside a home, during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, October 7, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



A worker cleans the floor after installing the idol of Durga at a platform inside a home, during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, October 7, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

A worker cleans the floor after installing the idol of Durga at a platform inside a home, during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, October 7, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



Indian policemen stand guard on a deserted street during a curfew in Srinagar, October 7, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)

Indian policemen stand guard on a deserted street during a curfew in Srinagar, October 7, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)



A woman arranges earthen lamps which are used to decorate homes during the Hindu festival of Diwali, to dry out in the sun at a workshop in Chandigarh, India, October 7, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)

A woman arranges earthen lamps which are used to decorate homes during the Hindu festival of Diwali, to dry out in the sun at a workshop in Chandigarh, India, October 7, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)



Indian policemen stand guard as a girl watches an anti-India protest in Srinagar, October 7, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)

Indian policemen stand guard as a girl watches an anti-India protest in Srinagar, October 7, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)



Workers push harvested cotton with their feet as they unload it from a supply truck at a cotton processing unit in Kadi, Gujarat state, India, October 20, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

Workers push harvested cotton with their feet as they unload it from a supply truck at a cotton processing unit in Kadi, Gujarat state, India, October 20, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)



A Hindu priest worships an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga at a pandal or temporary platform during the Durga Puja festival in Ajmer, India, October 8, 2016. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)

A Hindu priest worships an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga at a pandal or temporary platform during the Durga Puja festival in Ajmer, India, October 8, 2016. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)



A Hindu devotee prays at the Alopi Devi temple on the eighth day of the nine-day long Navratri festival in Allahabad, India, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

A Hindu devotee prays at the Alopi Devi temple on the eighth day of the nine-day long Navratri festival in Allahabad, India, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)



A Hindu priest stands next to the idol of the Hindu goddess Durga at a pandal or temporary platform during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

A Hindu priest stands next to the idol of the Hindu goddess Durga at a pandal or temporary platform during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



Schoolgirls visit a pandal, or a temporary platform, with a giant idol of Hindu goddess Durga ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Guwahati, October 6, 2016. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)

Schoolgirls visit a pandal, or a temporary platform, with a giant idol of Hindu goddess Durga ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Guwahati, October 6, 2016. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)



Hindu priests perform prayers in front of a banana tree trunk as part of a ritual during the Durga Puja festival in Agartala, October 7, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)

Hindu priests perform prayers in front of a banana tree trunk as part of a ritual during the Durga Puja festival in Agartala, October 7, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)



A farmer rests on a heap of harvested rice crop at a wholesale grain market in Chandigarh, October 4, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)

A farmer rests on a heap of harvested rice crop at a wholesale grain market in Chandigarh, October 4, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)



Hindu devotees perform Garba, a traditional folk dance, during the celebrations to mark the Navratri festival, in which devotees worship Hindu goddess Durga, at Surat in the western state of Gujarat, India, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

Hindu devotees perform Garba, a traditional folk dance, during the celebrations to mark the Navratri festival, in which devotees worship Hindu goddess Durga, at Surat in the western state of Gujarat, India, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)



Hindu devotees hold earthen lamps and torches to perform prayers called “Aarti” during the celebrations to mark the Navratri festival, in which devotees worship Hindu goddess Durga, at Surat in the western state of Gujarat, India, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

Hindu devotees hold earthen lamps and torches to perform prayers called “Aarti” during the celebrations to mark the Navratri festival, in which devotees worship Hindu goddess Durga, at Surat in the western state of Gujarat, India, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)



Hindu devotees perform Garba, a traditional folk dance, during the celebrations to mark the Navratri festival, in which devotees worship Hindu goddess Durga, at Surat in the western state of Gujarat, India, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

Hindu devotees perform Garba, a traditional folk dance, during the celebrations to mark the Navratri festival, in which devotees worship Hindu goddess Durga, at Surat in the western state of Gujarat, India, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)



A Hindu priest worships a girl dressed as a Kumari as part of a ritual during the Durga Puja festival in Ajmer, India October 10, 2016. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)

A Hindu priest worships a girl dressed as a Kumari as part of a ritual during the Durga Puja festival in Ajmer, India October 10, 2016. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)



Men dressed as tigers wait to perform during celebrations to mark the Navratri festival, during which devotees worship the Hindu goddess Durga, in Mangaluru, India, October 10, 2016. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)

Men dressed as tigers wait to perform during celebrations to mark the Navratri festival, during which devotees worship the Hindu goddess Durga, in Mangaluru, India, October 10, 2016. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)



A man walks his cow in front of residential buildings under construction on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, February 29, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

A man walks his cow in front of residential buildings under construction on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, February 29, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)



Workers weld pipes at a workshop in an industrial unit in Mumbai, India, October 10, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)

Workers weld pipes at a workshop in an industrial unit in Mumbai, India, October 10, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)



An artisan applies the final touches to an effigy of the demon king Ravana in preparation for the forthcoming Hindu festival of Dussehra in Jammu, India on October 7, 2016. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)

An artisan applies the final touches to an effigy of the demon king Ravana in preparation for the forthcoming Hindu festival of Dussehra in Jammu, India on October 7, 2016. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)



People carry an effigy of demon king Ravana on the eve of the Dussehra festival in Bhopal, India on October 10, 2016. (Photo by Sanjeev Gupta/EPA)

People carry an effigy of demon king Ravana on the eve of the Dussehra festival in Bhopal, India on October 10, 2016. (Photo by Sanjeev Gupta/EPA)



An Indian girl Ishani Chatterjee (R) dressed as Goddess Durga is worshipped during the Durga Puja festival at Shidaspur village north of Calcutta Eastern India on 10 October 2016. The “Kanya” or Kumari Puja is a ritual of worshipping a girl aged between six and twelve years, symbolizing the Kanya Kumari (virgin) form of the Goddess Durga Devi. Hindu devotees perform the Kanya Puja in front of an idol of the Goddess Durga and believe that a Kanya is a living impersonation of the goddess. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA)

An Indian girl Ishani Chatterjee (R) dressed as Goddess Durga is worshipped during the Durga Puja festival at Shidaspur village north of Calcutta Eastern India on 10 October 2016. The “Kanya” or Kumari Puja is a ritual of worshipping a girl aged between six and twelve years, symbolizing the Kanya Kumari (virgin) form of the Goddess Durga Devi. Hindu devotees perform the Kanya Puja in front of an idol of the Goddess Durga and believe that a Kanya is a living impersonation of the goddess. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA)



Indian wrestlers take part in a traditional wrestling competition at a local fair held annually in Rampur village, near Allahabad, India, October 7, 2016. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)

Indian wrestlers take part in a traditional wrestling competition at a local fair held annually in Rampur village, near Allahabad, India, October 7, 2016. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)



Visitors buy flowers at a flower market on the eve of Hindu goddess Durga Puja festival in Bangalore, India, 10 October 2016. The nine-day Hindu festival celebrates the killing of a demon king by the Goddess Durga representing the victory of good over evil and ends with colourful celebrations all over the country. Navratri festival runs from 03 to 11 October. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA)

Visitors buy flowers at a flower market on the eve of Hindu goddess Durga Puja festival in Bangalore, India, 10 October 2016. The nine-day Hindu festival celebrates the killing of a demon king by the Goddess Durga representing the victory of good over evil and ends with colourful celebrations all over the country. Navratri festival runs from 03 to 11 October. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA)



Indians buy flowers from a wholesale market during Durga Puja Hindu festival in Kolkata, India, Sunday, October 9, 2016. The five-day festival commemorates the slaying of a demon king by goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)

Indians buy flowers from a wholesale market during Durga Puja Hindu festival in Kolkata, India, Sunday, October 9, 2016. The five-day festival commemorates the slaying of a demon king by goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)



Air Force soldiers arrives for march during the 84th Air Force Day parade at Hindon Air Force base in Ghaziabad on Saturday, October 8, 2016. (Photo by Atul Yadav)

Air Force soldiers arrives for march during the 84th Air Force Day parade at Hindon Air Force base in Ghaziabad on Saturday, October 8, 2016. (Photo by Atul Yadav)



IAF personnel perform with their guns  during the 84th Air Force Day parade at Hindon Air Force base in Ghaziabad on Saturday, October 8, 2016. (Photo by Atul Yadav)

IAF personnel perform with their guns during the 84th Air Force Day parade at Hindon Air Force base in Ghaziabad on Saturday, October 8, 2016. (Photo by Atul Yadav)
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