Devotees carrying an idol of Hindu Lord Ganesha to immerse in river on the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival at Lalbaug on September 27, 2015 in Mumbai, India. Ganesh idols are taken through the streets in a procession for immersion in a river or a sea, symbolising a ritual seeing-off of his journey towards his abode, taking away with him the misfortunes of all mankind. It is said that after the Immersion of idol, Lord Ganesha residing in the idol, who listened to the prayers and request of his devotees for ten days, returns back to his heavenly abode. Despite recent orders from National Green Tribunal against putting non biodegradable material in water bodies, hundreds of plasters of Paris idols were immersed in water bodies across the city. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)





A boy collects coconuts thrown as offerings by worshippers into the Sabarmati river, a day after the immersion of idols of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, in Ahmedabad, India September 16, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A man collects items thrown as offerings by worshippers into the Sabarmati river, a day after the immersion of idols of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, in Ahmedabad, India September 16, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A man collects coconuts thrown as offerings by worshippers into the Sabarmati river, a day after the immersion of idols of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, in Ahmedabad, India September 16, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A man collects items thrown as offerings by worshippers into the Sabarmati river, a day after the immersion of idols of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, in Ahmedabad, India September 16, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A dead fish lies on an idol of Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, in a polluted pond a day after the immersion of idols of Ganesh, in Ajmer, India September 16, 2016. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)





A woman looks out from a window during a protest against the recent killings in Kashmir, in Srinagar September 16, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Youths hurl stones towards the Indian police during a protest against the recent killings in Kashmir, in Srinagar September 16, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A police officer has weapons blessed by a Hindu priest during the Vishwakarma Puja festival in the outskirts of Agartala, India, September 17, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)





A police officer has weapons blessed by a Hindu priest during the Vishwakarma Puja festival on the outskirts of Agartala, India, September 17, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)





A police officer has weapons blessed by a Hindu priest during the Vishwakarma Puja festival in the outskirts of Agartala, India, September 17, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)





A taxi driver offers prayers to his car during the Vishwakarma Puja festival in Kolkata, India, September 17, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A taxi driver offers prayers to his car during the Vishwakarma Puja festival in Kolkata, India, September 17, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A taxi driver decorates his car before offering prayers during the Vishwakarma Puja festival in Kolkata, India, September 17, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





People react as they see the body of Nasir Shafi, 11, who according to local residents was shot by Indian security forces during a protest on Friday evening in Theed on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, September 17, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Dawoodi Bohra Muslims are reflected in the rear mirror of a parked scooter as they walk past the site of an under construction mosque in Mumbai, India, September 19, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A man carries used clothes before they are sold at a second-hand clothing market in Mumbai, India, September 19, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A devotee exits a taxi carrying an idol of Lord Vishwakarma, the Hindu deity of architecture and machinery, to immerse it into the waters of the river Ganga in Kolkata, India, September 19, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Devotees carry an idol of Lord Vishwakarma, the Hindu deity of architecture and machinery, to immerse it into the waters of the river Ganga in Kolkata, India, September 19, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





An Indian policeman helps a visually impaired man to cross a concertina wire laid on a pavement during a curfew in Srinagar September 19, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





An artisan works on an idol of Hindu goddess Durga at a workshop ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, September 20, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





An artisan works on an idol of Hindu goddess Durga at a workshop ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, September 20, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





An artisan paints an idol of Hindu goddess Durga at a workshop ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, September 20, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





School girls hold candles during a vigil for the soldiers who were killed in Sunday’s attack at an Indian army base in Kashmir's Uri, in Ahmedabad, India, September 20, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A mahout guides a forest department elephant to demolish a house on the periphery of the Kaziranga National Park, northeastern Assam state, India, Monday, September 19, 2016. Authorities ordered the demolition of around 300 houses in three villages to evict people living on the periphery of the rhino sanctuary to stop rampant poaching of the rare animal, a top police official said. Two people were killed and several others were injured Monday when villagers clashed with police while protesting the demolition of their homes. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Mazida Beghum, 40, mother of Anjuma Beghum, 18, who was killed in police firing wails at Bandardubi village on the periphery of the Kaziranga National Park, northeastern Assam state, India, Monday, September 19, 2016. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A mahout guides a forest department elephant to demolish a house at Bandardubi village, on the periphery of the Kaziranga National Park, northeastern Assam state, India, Monday, September 19, 2016. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Villagers wait on a verandah to witness the funeral procession of Indian army soldier Gangadhar Dalai, who was killed in a militant attack in Uri, Kashmir, in Jamuna Balia village, west of Kolkata, India, Tuesday, September 20, 2016. Early Sunday, fighters slipped into an army base in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing at least 15 soldiers. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Indian army soldiers prepare to give a gun salute to their colleague Gangadhar Dalai, who was killed in a militant attack in Uri, Kashmir, prior to his cremation in Jamuna Balia village, west of Kolkata, India, Tuesday, September 20, 2016. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Hindu devotees participate in a procession towards the Arabian Sea where a giant idol of the elephant-headed god Ganesha will be immersed on the final day of the ten-day long Ganesha Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Thursday, September 15, 2016 . The last day of the 10-day celebration is the biggest day, with massive crowds singing and dancing as they carry their idols through the streets, to immerse them in the water, an act that symbolizes sending the god back to his mythical home in the snow-capped mountains taking all the worries and problems of his worshippers with him. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Devotees prepare to immerse an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha in the Arabian Sea after worship marking the end of the 10-day long Ganesh Chaturti festival in Mumbai, India, Thursday, September 15, 2016. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)