A mahout stands on the back of his elephant on the banks of the river Yamuna in New Delhi, April 8, 2016. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)





An elderly Indian village woman carries drinking water in a bucket at Panbari village the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expected to visit near Kaziranga National Park, east of Gauhati, northeastern Assam state, India, Tuesday, April 12, 2016. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A man looks out from a boundary wall with an image of a Hindu deity in the compound of Puttingal Devi temple where a fire broke out on Sunday, in Kollam in the southern state of Kerala, India, April 11, 2016. (Photo by Sivaram V/Reuters)





A man sleeps on a girder between the two pillars of a bridge on the Sabarmati river during a hot day in Ahmedabad, India, April 11, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A worker grinds a gear rod used in a textile machine inside a small scale manufacturing unit in Ahmedabad, India, April 12, 2016. India's industrial output grew at an annual rate of 2.0 percent in February, government data showed on Tuesday. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Devotees roll on the ground to reach a temple as part of a ritual during the Danda festival at Mandhashal village in Khordha district of the eastern state of Odisha, India, April 12, 2016. Hundreds of male devotees participate in the ritual to appease Hindu god Shiva and goddess Kali during Danda, or the festival of penance. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A migrant labourer brushes his teeth in front of a scrapped helicopter model in Mumbai, India, April 13, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A man sleeps outside his shanty at a slum in Mumbai, India, April 13, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Boys paddle a boat as a Hindu man prays in the waters of the river Ganges in Allahabad, India, April 13, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)





Municipal workers sweep the front lawns of India Gate war memorial in New Delhi, India, April 13, 2016. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)





The tongue of a Hindu devotee is pieced with a metal skewer during the annual Shiva Gajan religious festival in Banga village in West Bengal, India, April 13, 2016. Hundreds of faithful devotees offer sacrifices and perform acts of devotion during the festival in the hopes of winning the favour of Hindu god Shiva and ensuring the fulfillment of their wishes, and also to mark the end of the Bengali calendar year. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





The mouth of a Muslim boy is pierced with metal skewers during an annual religious procession to mark the death anniversary of a local Sufi saint Mahmood Shah Bukhari in Ahmedabad, India, April 13, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





The tongue of a Hindu devotee is pieced with a metal skewer during the annual Shiva Gajan religious festival in Banga village in West Bengal, India, April 13, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A Hindu devotee is nailed to a cross during the annual Shiva Gajan religious festival in Batanal village in West Bengal, India, April 13, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A Hindu priest blesses ritually bound devotees lying on the ground during a ritual as part of the annual Shiva Gajan religious festival at Pratapgarh, on the outskirts of Agartala, India, April 13, 2016. Hundreds of faithful devotees offer sacrifices and perform acts of devotion during the festival in the hopes of winning the favour of Hindu god Shiva and ensuring the fulfillment of their wishes, and also to mark the end of the Bengali calendar year. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)





A Hindu devotee react as a metal skewer is pierced through the skin of his arm during the annual Shiva Gajan religious festival in Batanal village in West Bengal, India, April 13, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Hindu devotees with their tongues pierced with metal skewers dance during the annual Shiva Gajan religious festival in Banga village in West Bengal, India, April 13, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A Hindu devotee is seen nailed to a cross during the annual Shiva Gajan religious festival in Batanal village in West Bengal, India, April 13, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A Hindu priest carries figures of various Hindu deities in a basket after worshipping on the first day of the Bengali calendar in Kolkata, India, April 14, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A Hindu priest blesses a ledger of a trader's family during a ritual on the first day of the Bengali calendar in Kolkata, India, April 14, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Boys play with buffaloes in a pond on a hot day in New Delhi, India April 14, 2016. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)





A man lights a cigarette in front of a kiosk in Kolkata, India, April 7, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





An Indian artist puts the final touches to statues of the Hindu God Lord Ram ahead of the Sri Rama Navami Festival at a workshop in Hyderabad on April 13, 2016. Sri Rama Navami will be held on April 15 and celebrates both the birth of Rama and his wedding to Sita. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





An Indian artist puts the final touches to statues of the Hindu God Lord Ram ahead of the Sri Rama Navami Festival at a workshop in Hyderabad on April 13, 2016. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





Indian devotees roll on sand as as they offer prayers to the Hindu God Shiva during a ritual as part of The Danda Festival which coincides with The Oriya New Year in the village of Mendhasala Village, on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar on April 12, 2016. Devotees inflict physical pain on themselves as they perform rituals of penance to appease Shiva, the Hindu God of destruction during the Danda festival, or the festival of self-punishment. (Photo by Asit Kumar/AFP Photo)





An Indian village woman dries clothes near her house at Panbari village the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expected to visit near Kaziranga National Park, east of Gauhati, northeastern Assam state, India, April 12, 2016. The British royal couple is visiting the wildlife park specifically to focus global attention on conservation. The 480-square-kilometer (185-square-mile) grassland park is home to the world's largest population of rare, one-horned rhinos as well as other endangered species, including swamp deer and the Hoolock gibbon. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)