A water vendor fetches water from a mobile water tanker in Kolkata, India, Thursday, February 22, 2024. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A vendor walks with a huge load of marigold garlands for sale at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata, India, Thursday, ebruary 22, 2024. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A vendor of bamboo canes awaits customers at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata, India, Thursday, February 22, 2024. Bamboo canes alongwith flowers are in demand for wedding venue decorations. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A woman hangs wet clothes to dry on a parked truck in Kolkata, India, Thursday, ebruary 22, 2024. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A Hindu devotee performs rituals at Sangam, the confluence of rivers the Ganges and the Yamuna during Maghi Purnima or the full-moon day at the annual traditional fair in Prayagraj, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Saturday, February 24, 2024. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims take dips here hoping to wash away sins during a month-long festival called Magh Mela. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A Hindu devotee prays as he takes a holy dip at the Sangam, the confluence of three rivers – the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, on Maghi Purnima or the full-moon day at the annual traditional fair in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India,Saturday, February 24, 2024. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Hindu priests perform Aarti, a ritual involving circular movements of a traditional oil lamp, at Sangam, the confluence of rivers the Ganges and the Yamuna during Maghi Purnima or the full-moon day at the annual traditional fair in Prayagraj, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Saturday, February 24, 2024. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Hindu devotees pray as they take a holy dip at the Sangam, the confluence of three rivers – the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, on Maghi Purnima or the full-moon day at the annual traditional fair in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Saturday, February 24, 2024. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Kashmiri Shiite Muslims offer prayers on the graves of their relatives during Shab-e- Barat, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, February 25, 2024. Muslims visit ancestral graveyards for the salvation of the souls of the departed and also believe that all sins will be forgiven by praying to Allah throughout the Shab-e Barat night. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Artists perform a classical dance Bharatanatyam to portray “Jatayu Moksham” a story from Hindu epic Ramayana at the Kalakshetra foundation in Chennai on February 25, 2024. (Photo by R. Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





A farmer walks through his mustard field on the outskirts of Amritsar on February 25, 2024. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Hand of a baby juts out of the shawl of an exile Tibetan woman as she attends a short sermon delivered by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on the 15th day of the first Tibetan month at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, India, Saturday, February 24, 2024. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





A handout photo made available by the Indian press information bureau showing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) visiting the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India 27 February 2024. Modi on 27 February was briefed by Indian Space Research Organization chief S Somnath on progress to send Indian astronauts into space and revealed the names of the four members for the country's first manned mission. (Photo by Press Information Bureau/EPA)





A motorcyclist pushes a man on a bicycle loaded with coal bags on the outskirts of Ranchi, India, on February 27, 2024. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Resident fishing on the banks of the Jehlum river in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, February 27, 2024. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





A mahout carrying leaves rides an elephant along a street in Amritsar on February 27, 2024. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A porter has tea with a bus driver, sitting right, before loading sacks on a bus at a terminus in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, February 28, 2024. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A couple on their way home after the day's work row a shikara, or traditional boat, in the interiors of the Dal Lake in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, February 29, 2024. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





A Hindu devotee offers prayers at Serpent Deity Lord Subramanyum at Sri Mukthi Naga Kshetra or snake temple in Bangalore, India, 01 March 2024. Hundreds of Hindu devotees visit the 200-years old Sri Mukti Naga kshetra veritable abode of serpents, a haven of peace and serenity to those who come to fulfill devotee's wishes, whether it is a stuck payment, an inheritance in dispute, poor health issues, or a turbulent love life. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA)





A Kashmiri fisherman wraps his head with a plastic sheet as he rows a shikara, or traditional boat, in the rain on Dal Lake in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)