An Indian skilled worker dries the material to be used in preparing fire crackers ahead of Diwali “The Festival Of Lights”, in Ahmedabad on October 14, 2016.
The Gujarat Chief minister Vijay Rupani recently appealed to people to adopt swadeshi (Indian) and avoid foreign products to help the country. Diwali “The Festival Of Lights” will be celebrated on October 30, 2016. (Photo by Sam Panthaky/AFP Photo)





In this Tuesday, May 17, 2016 file photo, an Indian boy of a migrant daily wageworker sleeps in scorching summer temperatures near an air conditioner shop at a marketplace in New Delhi, India. Nations reached a deal Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016 to limit the use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs – greenhouse gases far more powerful than carbon dioxide that are used in air conditioners and refrigerators, in a major effort to fight climate change. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Indian scavengers look for coins and re-usable items amongst the religious offerings and wooden frames of idols of goddess Durga which are piled up in the Yamuna river in New Delhi on October 12, 2016, following the Durga Puja festival. (Photo by Prakash Singh/AFP Photo)





Hindu women apply “sindhur”, or vermillion powder, on the face of a woman after worshipping the idol of the Hindu goddess Durga on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in Chandigarh, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





Hindu women apply “sindhur”, or vermillion powder, on the face of a woman after worshipping the idol of the Hindu goddess Durga on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in Allahabad, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)





A girl watches as Hindu women apply "sindhur", or vermillion powder, on each others face after worshipping the idol of the Hindu goddess Durga on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A devotee offers sweets to the idol of the Hindu goddess Durga while offering prayers on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A police officer offers prayers to weapons as part of a ritual at the police headquarters on the occasion of Vijaya Dashmi or Dussehra festival in Ahmedabad, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A Hindu priest offers prayers to a weapon as part of a ritual at the police headquarters on the occasion of Vijaya Dashmi or Dussehra festival in Ahmedabad, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A police officer (R) offers prayers to a weapon as part of a ritual at the police headquarters on the occasion of Vijaya Dashmi or Dussehra festival in Ahmedabad, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





An artist dressed as demon King Ravana acts in a religious play during Vijaya Dashmi, or Dussehra festival celebrations in Chandigarh, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





Artists dressed as Hindu lord Rama (L), his brother Laxman (R), and demon King Ravana act in a religious play during Vijaya Dashmi or Dussehra festival celebrations in Chandigarh, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





Devotees prepare to immerse an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga in the Yamuna River on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in New Delhi, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A devotee lies on the banks of the Yamuna River as others carry an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga for the immersion on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in New Delhi, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Devotees carry an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga to immerse in the Yamuna River on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in New Delhi, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Devotees shout religious slogans as they carry an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga to immerse in the Yamuna River on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in New Delhi, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Devotees prepare to immerse an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga in the Yamuna River on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in New Delhi, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





An artist gets ready backstage before performing Ramlila, a re-enactment of the life of Hindu Lord Rama, during Vijaya Dashmi or Dussehra festival celebrations in Mumbai, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)





Artists get ready backstage before performing Ramlila, a re-enactment of the life of Hindu Lord Rama, during Vijaya Dashmi or Dussehra festival celebrations in Mumbai, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)





People gather before an effigy of demon king Ravana is set on fire during Vijaya Dashmi or Dussehra festival celebrations in Mumbai, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)





An artist dressed as demon king Ravana gets ready backstage before performing Ramlila, a re-enactment of the life of Hindu Lord Rama, during Vijaya Dashmi or Dussehra festival celebrations in Mumbai, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)





People use their mobile phones to take photos as an effigy of demon king Ravana is set on fire during Vijaya Dashmi or Dussehra festival celebrations in Mumbai, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)





A woman seeks blessings from artists dressed as Hindu lord Rama and his brother Laxman during Vijaya Dashmi or Dussehra festival celebrations in Chandigarh, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





Volunteers of the Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) take part in the “Path-Sanchalan”, or Route March during celebrations to mark the Vijaya Dashmi or Dussehra in Mumbai, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)





Volunteers of the Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) take part in the “Path-Sanchalan”, or Route March during celebrations to mark the Vijaya Dashmi, or Dussehra, in Chandigarh, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





A man rides his bicycle past volunteers of the Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) taking part in the “Path-Sanchalan”, or Route March during celebrations to mark the Vijaya Dashmi or Dussehra in Mumbai, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)





Fireworks explode as an effigy of Kumbhkarana, brother of demon king Ravana, burns during Vijaya Dashmi or Dussehra festival celebrations in Ahmedabad, India, October 11, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





An effigy of demon king Ravana burns during Dussehra festivities in Ahmadabad, India, October 11, 2016. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





Fireworks explode from a burning effigy of demon king Ravana during Vijaya Dashmi or Dussehra festival celebrations in Ajmer, India, October 11, 2016. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)





A family gets their picture taken in front of the foam covering the polluted Yamuna river in New Delhi, India October 11, 2016. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A man takes a picture of his wife in front of the foam covering the polluted Yamuna river in New Delhi, India, October 11, 2016. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





People get their picture taken in front of the foam covering the polluted Yamuna river in New Delhi, India, October 11, 2016. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A worker loads Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders onto his cycle-rickshaw in Kolkata January 17, 2013. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Shi'ite Muslims distribute drinks from a truck during a Muharram procession to mark Ashura in Kolkata, India October 12, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Devotees immerse an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga into the Ganges river after the end of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, October 13, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Devotees immerse an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga into the Ganges river after the end of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, October 13, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Veterinarians tend to a wounded male elephant, who according to forest officials was shot at and injured by suspected poachers, inside a paddy field in Nagaon district of northeastern state of Assam, India, October 13, 2016. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





A woman buys vegetables at a food superstore in Ahmedabad, India October 13, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A woman looks at an item as she shops at a food superstore in Ahmedabad, India October 13, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Labourers lift a sack of potatoes to load onto a supply truck at a wholesale market in Kolkata, India, October 14, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





An idol of Goddess Durga is carried by devotees for immersion into the river Ganges on the final day of Durga Puja Festival in Calcutta, India, 11 October 2016. Bengalis all over the world marked the festival representing the victory of good over evil and the celebration of female power from 07 to 11 October. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA)





Indian villagers hold onto an overloaded horse cart while a worker presses the paddy stubble used as fuel and mixed into cattle feed at a village near Jalandhar on October 14, 2016. (Photo by Shammi Mehra/AFP Photo)





In this Wednesday, October 5, 2016 photo, devotees of Indian spiritual guru, who calls himself Saint Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan, stands near a poster of his new film “MSG, The Warrior Lion Heart”, in New Delhi, India. The leader of the quasi-religious sect has launched a film franchise in which he stars as a Messenger of God, or MSG for short, with divine powers to save the world. He claims to have 50 million followers and runs a spiritual empire that promotes vegetarianism and campaigns against drug addiction. With a guaranteed audience among his followers, Insan said he's had little trouble getting his films released commercially in cinemas. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)





In this Wednesday, October 5, 2016 photo, devotees greet Indian spiritual guru, who calls himself Saint Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan, as he leaves after a press conference ahead of the release of his film “MSG, The Warrior Lion Heart”, in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)





In this Wednesday, October 5, 2016 photo, Indian spiritual guru, who calls himself Saint Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan, arrives for a press conference ahead of the release of his new film “MSG, The Warrior Lion Heart”, in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)





A giant Idol of Hindu goddess Durga suspends from a crane before it is immersed in the River Yamuna during Durga Puja festival in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, October 11, 2016. The immersion of idols marks the end of the festival that commemorates the slaying of a demon king by lion-riding, 10-armed goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





An Indian laborer prepares fire-crackers in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, October 13, 2016. Fire crackers will be in huge demand in India during the upcoming festival of lights Diwali. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)