A woman crosses a road as it rains in Mumbai, India, September 20, 2019. (Photo by Hemanshi Kamani/Reuters)





Hindu devotees worship a statue of Lord Hanuman in a flooded temple as water levels of Narmada river rise in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh on September 23, 2019. (Photo by Uma Shankar Mishra/AFP Photo)





An artisan eats food during a break while working on idols of Hindu goddess Durga inside a workshop in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, September 25, 2019. The idols are being made for worship venues ahead of Durga Puja festival that begins first week of October. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Young boys with their bodies painted and dressed as Mahatma Gandhi seek alms at a traffic intersection in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, September 10, 2019. Millions of Indians still living on less than $2 a day. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Indian artists work with a makeshift pandal made with wood, fiber, metal and bamboo by artist Anirban Das ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, eastern India, 23 September 2019. Bengalis all over the world will be marking the festival representing the victory of good over evil and the celebration of female power from 04 to 08 October. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA/EFE)





Hindu devotees sit in the boot of a Hindustan Ambassador car with an idol of the Hindu deity Vishwakarma as they transport it in the rain for an immersion ceremony in Kolkata on September 20, 2019. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Kashmiris run for cover as Indian security forces (not pictured) fire teargas shells during clashes, after scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the Indian government, in Srinagar, September 6, 2019. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Rescuers carry a survivor at the site of a collapsed residential building in Ahmedabad, India, September 5, 2019. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A Kashmiri woman rows a boat ferrying vegetables in Dal Lake during restrictions after scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the Indian government, in Srinagar, September 5, 2019. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A Shi'ite Muslim man flagellates himself during a Muharram procession ahead of Ashura in Ahmedabad, India, September 7, 2019. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A devotee immerses an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, into a pond during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Ahmedabad, September 3, 2019. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A dancer waits to perform during festivities marking the start of the harvest festival of Onam in Kochi, September 2, 2019. (Photo by Sivaram V/Reuters)





Men push an auto-rickshaw through a flooded road after a heavy rainfall in Mumbai, September 4, 2019. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A child reacts during a Muharram procession to mark Ashura in Kolkata, India, September 10, 2019. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A mahout sits between elephants which are participating in festivities marking the annual harvest festival of Onam at a temple on the outskirts of Kochi, India, September 11, 2019. (Photo by Sivaram V/Reuters)





A man cleans a road next to idols of Lord Vishwakarma, the Hindu deity of architecture and machinery, kept on display for sale ahead of the Vishwakarma festival in Kolkata, India, September 17, 2019. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A man polishes an earthen pitcher typically used during Garba, a folk dance, inside a workshop ahead of Navratri, a festival during which devotees worship the Hindu goddess Durga and youths dance in traditional costumes, in Ahmedabad, India, September 20, 2019. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Women row a small boat in the waters of Dal lake, in Srinagar, September 17, 2019. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





School children try on a space suit during an exhibition on space technology organised by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and a college in Mumbai, India, September 18, 2019. (Photo by Prashant Waydande/Reuters)





A devotee carries an idol of Lord Vishwakarma, the Hindu deity of architecture and machinery, to immerse it into the waters of the river Ganges in Kolkata, India, September 19, 2019. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)