A Hindu devotee gestures respectfully towards a clay idol of elephant headed Hindu god Ganesh as he transports the same in a passenger train for worship in Mumbai, India, India, Sunday, September 10, 2023. Devotees will conduct prayers during the 10-day-long Ganesh Chaturti festival, which will end with the immersion of the idols in different water bodies. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Stray dogs walk across a street in the morning in Prayagraj, India, Sunday, September 10, 2023. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





An artisan works on a clay idol of Hindu deity Ganesha ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival at the craftsman’s village of Kumartoli in Kolkata on September 14, 2023. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Men chat by the banks of the Jhelum river in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, September 13, 2023. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





A specially abled boy makes an clay model of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha at a camp in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Friday, September 15, 2023. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A woman paints clay idols of Hindu deity Ganesha along a street, as she waits for customers ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Hyderabad on September 16, 2023. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





Devotees carry an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu deity 'Ganesha' during a procession along a street in Mumbai on September 17, 2023, ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe/AFP Photo)





A Sikh man performs the Sikh martial art known as “Gatka” during a religious procession from Gurudwara Ramsar to Akal Takht Sahib at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on September 16, 2023, on the occasion of the 419th anniversary of the installation of the “Guru Granth Sahib” Sikh holy book. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A boy plays on a flooded road amid heavy rainfall in Ahmedabad, India on September 17, 2023. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Indian policemen secure the premises around the Canadian embassy in New Delhi, India, 19 September 2023. India asks a Canadian diplomat to leave country after Ottawa expelled an Indian diplomat in a diplomatic row, after Canadian Prime Minster Trudeau accused India of involvement in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar who was shot dead outside of a Sikh temple on 18 June 2023 in Surrey, Canada. According to the press release by the India Ministry of External Affairs, India rejects all allegations by Canada and reject the statement of the Canadian Prime Minister in their Parliament. (Photo by Rajat Gupta/EPA)





A woman protester blocks a road during 48-hour general strike in Imphal on September 19, 2023, as they demand restoration of peace in India's northeastern state of Manipur after ethnic violence. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Water droplets are seen on a plastic sheet covering an idol of Hindu God Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, on a rainy day on the eve of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India on September 18, 2023. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Devotees transport an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, in a rickshaw to a place of worship on the first day of the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Ahmedabad, India on September 19, 2023. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Kashmiri Muslims offer special prayers locally known as “Khawaja-e-Digar” outside the shrine of Naqashband Sahib during an annual festival in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, September 20, 2023. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





A man prepares to immerse in an artificial pond, an idol of elephant headed Hindu god Ganesha on the second day of ten days long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, September 20, 2023. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





A Sikh devotee prays at the Golden Temple, Sikhism's holiest shrine, in Amritsar, India, September 20, 2023, 2023. India has advised its citizens to be careful when traveling to Canada as a rift between the two nations escalates further in the wake of Ottawa’s allegations that India may have been involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in suburban Vancouver. (Photo by Prabhjot Gill/AP Photo)





A devotee immerses an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha in an artificial pond during Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India on September 20, 2023. (Photo by Aditya/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Retrieved idols of Lord Vishwakarma are seen pilled up on the banks of the Ganges River after being immersed during the Vishwakarma festival in Kolkata on September 20, 2023. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





A farmer smokes a traditional hookah as he takes a break at an organic orchard during the harvest season at Sopore in Baramulla district of Kashmir on September 21, 2023. (Photo by Sanna Irshad Mattoo/Reuters)





A man fishes in a partially parched river Jhelum due to a dry spell in Srinagar on September 22, 2023. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)