A health worker calls name of a person who is to receive COVID-19 vaccine in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Pandemic-weary and sequestered mostly in their homes for a year, India’s elderly are now standing in long lines at vaccination sites, then rolling up their sleeves to get shots protecting them against the coronavirus. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





Hindu devotees queue to perform rituals to a Shiva Lingam, a stone sculpture representing the phallus of the Hindu deity Shiva, on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri festival, at Shivala Bhaiyaan temple in Amritsar on March 11, 2021. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Indian devotees apply flower decoration before Shiv Barat or Shiv wedding procession during the Maha Shivratri festival during the Maha Shivratri festival in Kolkata, India, 11 March 2021. The festival sees Hindu devotees gather to celebrate the birthday of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of creation and destruction, by offering special prayers and fasting. According to one of the most popular legends, Shivaratri is the wedding day of Lord Shiva and Parvati. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA/EFE)





A man looks for valuables in the polluted Yamuna River in New Delhi on March 9, 2021. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





An elderly Indian woman waits for her turn to receive COVID-19 vaccine in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





BJP supporters wear masks of the prime minister, Narendra Modi, as they make their way to a campaign meeting in Kolkata, India on March 7, 2021. (Photo by Debarchan Chatterjee/Zuma Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Devotees gather on the banks of Ganges river to pray ahead of the first Shahi Snan at “Kumbh Mela” or the Pitcher Festival, in Haridwar, India, March 10, 2021. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A Sadhu or Hindu holy man smokes inside his tent ahead of the first Shahi Snan at “Kumbh Mela” or the Pitcher Festival, in Haridwar, India, March 10, 2021. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Devotees gather on the banks of Ganges river to pray ahead of the first Shahi Snan at “Kumbh Mela” or the Pitcher Festival, in Haridwar, India, March 10, 2021. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A Naga Sadhu or Hindu holy man adjusts the beads around his neck ahead of the first Shahi Snan at “Kumbh Mela” or the Pitcher Festival, in Haridwar, India, March 10, 2021. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Naga Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, get ready to take a dip in the Ganges river during the first Shahi Snan at “Kumbh Mela”, or the Pitcher Festival, in Haridwar, India, March 11, 2021. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A Sadhu or Hindu holy man smokes outside his tent ahead of the the first Shahi Snan at “Kumbh Mela” or the Pitcher Festival, in Haridwar, India, March 11, 2021. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Naga Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, take a dip in the Ganges river during the first Shahi Snan at “Kumbh Mela”, or the Pitcher Festival, in Haridwar, India, March 11, 2021. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A woman dressed as Goddess Kali seeks for alms on a street during the first Shahi Snan at “Kumbh Mela”, or the Pitcher Festival, in Haridwar, India, March 11, 2021. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Police officers detain a Tibetan during a protest held to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, India on March 10, 2021. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Commuters who arrived by long distance trains wait to test for COVID- 19 at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





Motorist queue to refill fuel tanks at the petrol station in Mumbai, India, 09 March 2021. Petrol price cross historic-high levels of INR 100 (USD 1.37) per litre in several cities across the country. Petrol price in Mumbai is INR 97.57 (USD 1.33) per litre. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA/EFE)





A roadside vendor sells the local bread to Kashmiri boatmen on the interior of Dal Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir, India, 10 March 2021. Kashmiri boatmen work to earn their livelihood mostly by selling vegetables produced in the lake, ferrying tourists, and cleaning the lake of weeds while women are often seen selling the fish caught by their men. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA/EFE)





Devotees perform rituals to a sand sculpture of Hindu god Lord Shiva, made by Indian sand artist Laxmi Gaud for visitors and tourists to see on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri at the Juhu beach in Mumbai, India, 11 March 2021. The Maha Shivaratri festival is celebrated by Hindus in honor of Lord Shiva with ritual bathing of Shivalingams and prayers. According to one of the most popular legends Shivaratri is the wedding day of Lord Shiva and Parvati. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA/EFE)





A man adjusts his face mask as he walks past a mural, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, March 11, 2021. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/Reuters)