Physically challenged dancers perform the Bharatnatyam dance on wheelchairs, during Ami Arts Festival near Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata, Eastern India, 05 December 2024. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA)





Maria, a 6 years old girl from Chhattisgarh state displays her tight rope walking skills to attract alms from people at a roadside in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, Thursday, December 5, 2024. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





People carry an injured man as farmers march towards New Delhi to press for better crop prices promised to them in 2021, at the Shambhu barrier, a border crossing between Punjab and Haryana states, India, on December 6, 2024. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A Kashmiri man walks over a frozen dew wooden bridge on a cold morning in the interior of Dal Lake Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 06 December 2024. Kashmir is witnessing a cold wave with Srinagar shivering at minus 4.1 degrees Celsius, the season's coldest so far. The famed health resort Pahalgam recorded the minimum temperatures of minus 6.5 degrees Celsius and the ski resort Gulmarg minus 4.3 degrees Celsius. The Meteorological Department has predicted dry weather till December 14 in the plains of Kashmir, and light rains and snow in the upper reaches. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA/EFE)





People ride a motor boat emitting smoke, across river Ganges in Varanasi on December 9, 2024. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/AFP Photo)





A worker gives final touches to a temporary mega tent amid preparations ahead of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, along the banks of Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, in Prayagraj on December 9, 2024. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





Sumit Tomar, a member of the Army Service Corps (ASC) “Tornadoes” of the Indian Army rides a motorcycle during an attempt to break the World Record by longest no hand motorcycle wheelie at an expressway near Bengaluru on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/AFP Photo)





A Kashmiri farmer plucks lotus stems in the cold waters of Anchar Lake in Srinagar on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





Kashmiri farmers pluck lotus stems in the cold waters of Anchar Lake in Srinagar on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





An Indigenous Naga tribal sings during the Hornbill Festival in Kisama, on the outskirts of Kohima, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Tuesday, December 10, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Indigenous Nagas perform a warrior dance dance during the Hornbill Festival in Kisama, on the outskirts of Kohima, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Tuesday, December 10, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Indigenous Naga tribals stand dressed in their traditional outfit during the Hornbill Festival in Kisama, on the outskirts of Kohima, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Tuesday, December 10, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Indigenous Naga tribals dance during the Hornbill Festival in Kisama, on the outskirts of Kohima, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Tuesday, December 10, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Indigenous Nagas dance during the Hornbill Festival in Kisama, on the outskirts of Kohima, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Tuesday, December 10, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A student looks through an army anti-tank rocket launcher during the “Weapon and Equipment Display” exhibition organised by the Indian Army as part of “Vijay Diwas” celebrations, at the Punjab State War Heroes Memorial and Museum in Amritsar on December 13, 2024. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Boys play a traditional game at a ground in Jalandhar on December 13, 2024. (Photo by Shammi Mehra/AFP Photo)





A Kashmiri man walks on a wooden bridge on a cold morning in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, India, 14 December 2024. Kashmir continues to be in the grip of the cold wave as the Meteorological Department has predicted it would continue for four days. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA)





Tourists enjoy a camel safari during sunset at a desert in Pushkar on December 14, 2024. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/AFP Photo)





Sadhus take part in a religious roadshow ( Peshwai ) on December 14, 2024 in Allahabad, India. Kumbh Mela in 2025 is a Maha Kumbh, which is a significant Hindu festival celebrated once every 144 years at Prayagraj (Allahabad). Scheduled from January 13 to February 26, 2025, it attracts millions of devotees for ritual bathing at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati rivers, marking a unique spiritual occasion with enhanced significance compared to regular Kumbh Mela. (Photo by Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images)





Indian army soldiers perform Kalari Payattu, a traditional exercise in Kolkata, India, Monday, December 16, 2024 during the military tattoo celebrating the Victory Day, marking the India's victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war to liberate Bangladesh. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)