A Naga Sadhu or a Hindu holy man waits for devotees inside his camp during “Kumbh Mela” or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India, February 3, 2019. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Members of the “Kinnar Akhara” congregation for transgender people pray inside their camp at “Kumbh Mela”, or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India, February 2, 2019. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Members of the “Kinnar Akhara” congregation for transgender people, pose for a picture inside their camp at “Kumbh Mela”, or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India, February 2, 2019. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Naga Sadhus or Hindu holy men wait to jump in the waters of Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers, during the second “Shahi Snan” (grand bath) at “Kumbh Mela” or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India, February 4, 2019. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A Naga Sadhu or a Hindu holy man leaves after taking a holy dip as a pigeon sits on his head during the second “Shahi Snan” (grand bath) at the “Kumbh Mela” or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India, February 4, 2019. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Men use an umbrella to shield themselves from snow during heavy snowfall on the outskirts of Srinagar, February 6, 2019. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A sadhu or a Hindu holy man offers a prayer while holding a pot with burning “Upale” (or dried cow dung cakes) on his head after taking a dip during the third “Shahi Snan” (grand bath) at “Kumbh Mela” or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India, February 10, 2019. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)





A Naga sadhu or a Hindu holy man stands after taking a dip during the third “Shahi Snan” (grand bath) at “Kumbh Mela” or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India, February 10, 2019. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)





A man transports a replica of cow on the banks of the river Ganges during the ongoing “Kumbh Mela” or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India, February 13, 2019. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)





Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers bow to pay tribute next a coffin containing the remains of their colleague Bablu Santra, who was killed after a suicide bomber rammed a car into the bus carrying CRPF personnel in south Kashmir on Thursday, before his cremation at Bauria village in Howrah district in West Bengal, India, February 16, 2019. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Men sleep in a supply truck loaded with sacks of cauliflower at a vegetable wholesale market in Mumbai, February 14, 2019. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Krishna Das, 58, an Indian who according to local media has spent at least 10 years trying to spread messages for peace and harmony by placing placards on beaches, packs his placards on a beach in Mumbai, February 11, 2019. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, a leader of India's main opposition Congress party and sister of the party president Rahul Gandhi, greets her supporters from atop a vehicle during a roadshow in Lucknow, February 11, 2019. (Photo by Pawan Kumar/Reuters)





A man (R) prepares to take a bath as another dries his body on the stairs on the banks of the river Ganges in Kolkata, February 11, 2019. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off India's fastest train 'Vande Bharat Express' at a ceremony in New Delhi, India, February 15, 2019. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Students salute before a vigil to pay tribute to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel who were killed after a suicide bomber rammed a car into a bus carrying them in south Kashmir on Thursday, inside a temple in Ahmedabad, India, February 15, 2019. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Indian labourers select “Mosambis” fruits, also called sweet oranges, at Gaddiannaram fruit market on the outskirts of Hyderabad on February 11, 2019. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





In this January 27, 2019, photo, Hindu holy men of monastic order Juna Akhara participate in a ritual before becoming Naga Sadhus or naked holy men at Sangam, the confluence of three holy rivers during the Kumbh Mela or pitcher festival in Prayagraj Uttar Pradesh state, India. At every Kumbh, including this year's, thousands of devotees were initiated into the reclusive sect of the Naga Sadhus, naked, ash-smeared cannabis-smoking Hindu warriors and onetime-armed defenders of the faith who for centuries have lived as ascetics in jungles and caves. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





In this January 27, 2019, photo, Hindu men perform prayers for becoming Naga Sadhus or naked holy men at Sangam, the confluence of three holy rivers during the Kumbh Mela or pitcher festival in Prayagraj Uttar Pradesh state, India. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Protestors throw stones during a clash between communities while protesting against Thursday's attack on a paramilitary convoy that killed at least 40 in Kashmir, in Jammu, India, Friday, February 15, 2019. Prime Minister Narendra Modi placed the blame for Thursday's bombing squarely on neighboring Pakistan, which India accuses of supporting rebels in Kashmir. The attack has raised tensions elsewhere in Hindu-majority India. Hundreds of residents carrying India's national flag in Hindu-dominated Jammu city in the Muslim-majority state burned vehicles and hurled rocks at homes in Muslim neighborhoods, officials said. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





In this December 17, 2018, photo, two men transport chairs purchased from a shop at the Nampally furniture market in Hyderabad, India. Such furniture markets, where customers haggle over prices and work with carpenters to design made-to-order housewares, is the competition Swedish giant Ikea faces in tackling the $40 billion Indian market for home furnishings, which is growing quickly along with the country’s consumer class. Ikea declined to break out India revenues, but Forrester Researcher analyst Satish Meena said that within five years the company hopes to capture $4 billion annually – or 10 percent of India’s furniture and home goods market. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Indian Naga Sadhus, or naked holy men, participate in a procession before taking a “shahi snans”, or holy bath, at the Sangam river, the confluence of three of the holiest rivers in Hindu mythology, the Ganga, the Yamuna and the Saraswati, during Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, 04 February 2019. The Hindu festival is one of the biggest in India and will be held from 15 January to 04 March 2019 in Allahabad. (Photo by Rajat Gupta/EPA/EFE)