A man performs rituals wearing a framed costume decorated with oil lamps on Ashtami, or the eighth day of Navtratri Hindu festival, in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, October 3, 2022. Navratri, or the festival of nine nights, is an annual Hindu festival. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





Visitors pose for pictures in front of an art installation next to a Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata on October 4, 2022. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Paramilitary soldiers patrol a street in Jammu, India, Tuesday, October 4, 2022. The prisons chief in Indian-controlled Kashmir has been killed, officials said Tuesday, as India’s powerful home minister arrived in the disputed Himalayan region on a three-day visit. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





Women in traditional attire wait with a Kumari, right, a virgin girl worshipped as an incarnation of Goddess Durga, at a residence during Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, October 4, 2022. The five-day festival commemorates the slaying of a demon king by lion-riding, 10-armed goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A vendor selling effigies of the Hindu demon King “Ravana” waits for customers in a street stall on the eve of the Hindu festival of “Dussehra” in Amritsar on October 4, 2022. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Devotees immerse an idol of the Hindu Goddess Durga in a pond during the final day of the Durga Puja festival on the outskirts of Allahabad on October 5, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





Young girls pose for a photo during the Kumari Puja Ritual on the 9th day of the Durga puja festival at a Pandal (Temporary place for worship) in Kolkata on October 4, 2022. Kumari Puja is an Indian Hindu Tradition mainly celebrated during the Durga Puja according to the Hindu Calendar. The philosophical basis of Kumari Puja is to establish the value of women. Devotees believe it will overcome all barriers, dangers for the young girls in the coming future and also, they will be empowered to handle any stress and obstruction in their coming life. (Photo by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Actors get ready before a play based on the life of Hindu Lord Ram during Navratri festival celebrations, in the old quarters of Delhi, India on October 4, 2022. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





An artist dressed as the demon king Ravana, right, tries to put on an 8-headed crown before a performance of a traditional Ramleela drama to celebrate the festival of Dussehra in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, October 4, 2022. Ramleela is a dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Hindu lord Rama. After the enactment of the legendary war between Good and Evil, the Ramleela celebrations climax in the Dussehra night festivities where the giant effigies of demon King Ravana, his brother Kumbakaran and son Meghnad are burnt, typically with fireworks. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Artists take a selfie before going on stage for a Ramleela performance as part of Dussehra festival celebrations in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, October 4, 2022. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Fireworks explode as an effigy of Meghnad, son of demon king Ravana, burns during Vijaya Dashmi or Dussehra festival celebrations in the old quarters of Delhi, India on October 5, 2022. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





People watch the burning of effigies of demon king Ravana and his son and brother in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, October 5, 2022. Ramleela is a dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Hindu lord Rama. After the enactment of the legendary war between Good and Evil, the Ramleela celebrations climax in the Dussehra night festivities where the giant effigies of demon King Ravana, his brother Kumbakaran and son Meghnad are burnt, typically with fireworks. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Indian women devotees of the Bengali community applying Sindoor or vermillion on each other's faces as they take part in the “Sindoor Puja”, a ritual before the immersion of Goddess Durga idols into water bodies on the last day of the Durga Puja Festival in Mumbai, India, 05 October 2022. Sindoor puja marks the end of Durga Puja Festival. The five day long Hindu festival Durga Puja is widely celebrated in the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Orissa and Tripura and culminates in the immersion of the idols of Hindu Goddess Durga, who symbolizes power and the triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Devotees immerse an idol of Hindu Goddess Durga in a makeshift pond at a park on the last day of Durga Puja festival in New Delhi, Wednesday, October 5, 2022. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





A worker cooks vermicelli at a stall ahead of the “Karva Chauth” festival, in which married women fast one whole day and offer prayers to the moon for the welfare, prosperity, and longevity of their husbands, in Amritsar on October 7, 2022. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Artists dressed as Hindu god Ram and his wife Sita take a selfie before a final Ramleela performance as part of Dussehra festival celebrations in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, October 5, 2022. Ramleela is a dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Hindu lord Rama. After the enactment of the legendary war between Good and Evil, the Ramleela celebrations climax in the Dussehra night festivities where the giant effigies of demon King Ravana, his brother Kumbakaran and son Meghnad are burnt, typically with fireworks. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





An artist practices fire spitting backstage before the final performance during a traditional Ramleela drama to celebrate the festival of Dussehra in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, October 5, 2022. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Musicians play traditional instruments for tourists at Pushkar in India's desert state of Rajasthan on October 6, 2022. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/AFP Photo)





Workers who operate the manual scoreboard observe the ground conditions after rain delayed the first one day international cricket match between India and South Africa, in Lucknow, India, Thursday, October 6, 2022. (Photo by Surjeet Yadav/AP Photo)





A fan of former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar with his boy painted in Indian tricolor poses ahead of the first one day international cricket match between India and South Africa, in Lucknow, India, Thursday, October 6, 2022. (Photo by Surjeet Yadav/AP Photo)