A participant flies his kite during an International kite festival in Ahmedabad, India, Saturday, January 11, 2025. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





A man places a scan card for online QR code payments, on the forehead of a decorated bull at Shilparamam village in Hyderabad on January 12, 2025, ahead of the Hindu harvest festival of Makar Sankranti. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





People watch water laser show on the banks of Yamuna River on January 12, 2025 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)





A Sadhu, or a Hindu holy man, from Panchayati Bada Udasin Akhara, takes part in a religious procession during “Peshwai”, or the arrival of the members of an akhara (a sect of Sadhus), ahead of the “Maha Kumbh Mela”, or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India, on January 12, 2025. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Masked dancers perform a rural ritual in a mustard flower field in the Dinajpur district of West Bengal on January 13, 2025. Known as Gomira, this traditional dance seeks to appease village deities and drive away evil forces. (Photo by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/ZUMA Press Wire)





Kite enthusiasts fly kites during the International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad, India, on January 13, 2025. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man blows a conch as he prays on the day devotees take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers with the mythical, invisible Saraswati river, during the “Maha Kumbh Mela”, or the Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India, on January 13, 2025. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Villagers participate in a community fishing event on the occasion of the “Bhogali Bihu” festival to mark the end of the harvesting season at Goroimari Lake in Panbari of Kamrup district in India's Assam state on January 13, 2025. (Photo by Biju Boro/AFP Photo)





Naga Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, smear ash on their bodies after taking a dip during the “Maha Kumbh Mela”, or the Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India, on January 14, 2025. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A Sadhvi or Hindu holy woman takes a holy dip during the “Maha Kumbh Mela”, or the Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India, on January 14, 2025. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Photographers capture a naga sadhu, a Hindu holy man, as he comes out of the water holding a mace during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India on January 14, 2025. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, wields a sword while taking a holy dip during the “Maha Kumbh Mela”, or the Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India, on January 14, 2025. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Swami Bhupender Giri, centre, Naga Sadhu of Niranjani Akhara, arrives for ritualistic dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati on one of the most auspicious day Makar Sankranti, for the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings, celebrated every 12 years in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Tuesday, January 14, 2025. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A villager is pinned by a bull as he tries to control the bull during a bull-taming festival, known as “Jallikattu” and is a part of south India's harvest festival of Pongal, on the outskirts of Madurai town, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India, on January 16, 2025. (Photo by Riya Mariyam R./Reuters)





A bull jumps over a villager as others try to controll the bull during a bull-taming festival, known as “Jallikattu” and is a part of south India's harvest festival of Pongal, on the outskirts of Madurai town, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India, on January 16, 2025. (Photo by Riya Mariyam R./Reuters)





Participants try to control a bull during an annual bull-taming festival “Jallikattu” in Palamedu village, on the outskirts of Madurai on January 15, 2025. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Artists wait to perform at the “Chennai Sangamam-Namma Ooru Thiruvizha” art festival, an annual cultural extravaganza celebrating the cultural heritage of India's Tamil Nadu state, in Chennai on January 17, 2025. (Photo by R. Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Roosters attack each other during a cockfight as part of Jonbeel festival near Jagiroad, in Morigaon district, India, Friday, January 17, 2025. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





In this aerial photo, smoke rises from a fire that engulfs a tented camp near the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the Saraswati rivers during the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India, Sunday, January 19, 2025. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





An artist gives final touches to a painting of US President-elect Donald Trump in Amritsar, in India's state of Punjab, on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)