A former living goddess Kumari, center, watches Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, September 19, 2021.Tens of thousands of devotees packed the old palace courtyard in the heart of Nepal's capital to celebrate Indra Jatra festival Sunday which marks the start of the festival season in the Himalayan nation. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)

Indian Rabha tribal women in traditional attire take part in a tug of war competition with men during Baikho festival at Gamerimura village along the Assam Meghalaya border, west of Gauhati, India, Saturday, June 4, 2022. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)

An artist dressed as demon King Ravana reacts as he participates in Vijaya Dashmi, or Dussehra festival celebrations in Chandigarh, India October 19, 2018. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)

A girl plays on a pile of discarded flowers outside a market, the day after the Diwali celebrations in Mumbai, India October 31, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)

Indian school children wearing traditional Punjabi attire sit as they take part in the full and final dress rehearsal for India's Independence Day parade and celebrations in Amritsar, India, 13 August 2016. India's 70th Independence Day will be celebrated on 15 August, to commemorate its independence from British rule and its birth as a sovereign nation on that day in 1947. (Photo by Raminder Pal Singh/EPA)

A resident walks through heavy snowfall in the Kashmiri city, India on November 11, 2019. There have been several fatalities as the winter weather arrives in the region. (Photo by Saqib Majeed/Barcroft Media)

Two scavengers collect plastics in the Citarum river in Bandung, West Java on March 28, 2023. (Photo by Timur Matahari/AFP Photo)

An Indian Sikh devotee spits fire as he performs during religious procession ahead of the birth anniversary of the first Sikh Guru or master, Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism, in Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India, 21 November 2018. The birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji will be observed on 23 November 2018. (Photo by Jaipal Singh/EPA/EFE)