Kashmiri children enjoy amusement ride during Eid-al-fitr, a festival celebrated by Muslims worldwide on March 31, 2025 in Srinagar, India. Eid al-Fitr is an Islamic festival marking the end of Ramadan, celebrated worldwide with prayers, family gatherings, feasts, and acts of charity. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)





Craftsmen work on diamonds inside a diamond processing unit in Surat, India, on April 3, 2025. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Farmers thresh harvested wheat crops at a village on the outskirts of Ajmer in Indian state of Rajasthan on April 4, 2025. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/AFP Photo)





A young girl who is yet to attain puberty smiles as she dressed up as living goddesses before being worshipped as “kumari” or virgin during Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja at a Kali temple in Adyapeath, India, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A traffic policeman uses an air-conditioned helmet to get respite from the heat while working at a road junction on a hot summer day in Chennai on April 8, 2025. India can expect hotter-than-usual temperatures this summer with more heatwave days taking a toll on lives and livelihoods, the weather office warned. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





An Indian worker checks thread reels on a carpet weaving machine at a factory on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





An instructor dances as participants follow the dance steps in a Bihu dance workshop ahead of the Rongali Bihu Festival in Guwahati, India, on April 8, 2025. (Photo by David Talukdar/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A person working in the Bombay Stock Exchange building prays to Hindu Goddess Laxmi, the embodiment of wealth, fortune, prosperity, before starting his work in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Police detain demonstrators during a protest against the newly approved Waqf (Amendment) Bill in Chennai on April 8, 2025. India's parliament passed a bill on April 3, to reform hugely wealthy Muslim land-owning organisations, with the Hindu nationalist government saying it will boost accountability while the opposition called it an "attack" on a minority. (Photo by R. Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Hindu devotees pull a chariot by tugging its ropes during the chariot festival at Kapaleeshwarar Temple in Chennai on April 9, 2025. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Hindu devotees pull a chariot by tugging its ropes during the chariot festival at Kapaleeswarar Temple in Chennai on April 9, 2025. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Devotees from the Jain community take part in a mass recitation of a mantra on “Vishwa Navkar Mahamantra Day” at a stadium in Jabalpur on April 9, 2025. (Photo by Uma Shankar Mishra/AFP Photo)





Indian folk artists perform during the procession held in celebration of the 2623th birth anniversary of the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, Lord Mahavir Jayanthi, in Bangalore, India, 10 April 2025. Jain devotees and their family members took part in the spiritual procession rally to spread the teachings of Lord Mahavir, pertaining to non-violence, truth, compassion, and self-discipline. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA)





Members of the Jain community attend the procession held in celebration of the 2623th birth anniversary of the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, Lord Mahavir Jayanthi, in Bangalore, India, 10 April 2025. Jain devotees and their family members took part in the spiritual procession rally to spread the teachings of Lord Mahavir, pertaining to non-violence, truth, compassion, and self-discipline. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA/EFE)





Indian security personnel detain a Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) activist outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, India, 11 April 2025. TYC members were protesting the alleged sudden and mysterious death of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, a revered Tibetan religious leader, while in custody in Vietnam. The activists called for a transparent and independent investigation into the circumstances of his death and the public release of its findings. (Photo by Rajat Gupta/EPA/EFE)





Policewomen detain an exile Tibetan protesting against the death of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, a revered Tibetan religious leader, while in custody in Vietnam, outside Chinese embassy in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 11, 2025. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Tamil Hindu devotees participate in a religious procession called Kavad Yatra during Panguni Uthiram festival in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, April 11, 2025. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





Sikh devotees arrive to pay their respects at the Golden Temple, Sikhism's holiest shrine, on the occasion of 'Baisakhi', a spring harvest festival for Sikhs and Hindus in Sikkhism, in Amritsar, India, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Photo by Prabhjot Gill/AP Photo)





Sikh devotees light earthen lamps on the occasion of 'Baisakhi', a spring harvest festival, at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on April 13, 2025. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





People offer prayers to Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar as they celebrate his 134th birth anniversary in Mumbai, India, 14 April 2025. India's first Law Minister, social reformer, and chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee, B. R. Ambedkar, drafted the nation's constitution and campaigned against the discrimination of Dalits, caste discrimination, and “untouchability”. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA/EFE)