An artist is prepared for a religious procession during Dussehra festival in Prayagraj, India, Thursday, October 19, 2019. Dussehra festival commemorates the victory of Rama over Ravana, a demon King who had abducted Rama's wife. Rama killed Ravana to free Sita. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





An artist prepares effigies of the ten-headed demon God Ravana for the upcoming Dussehra festival in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, October 20, 2023. Effigies of Ravana, who had abducted Hindu God Rama's wife, are burnt on the last day of Dussehra, commemorating the victory of good over evil. Rama killed Ravana to free Sita. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





This handout photo taken and released by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on October 21, 2023, shows the lift-off of the Gaganyaan Test Vehicle (TV) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, an island off the coast of southern Andhra Pradesh state. India on October 21 successfully launched the first unmanned trial run of its upcoming crewed orbital mission, in the latest milestone for its spacefaring ambitions. (Photo by ISRO/AFP Photo)





A priest paints an effigy of the Hindu demon king “Ravana” ahead of the upcoming Hindu festival “Dussehra” in Prayagraj on October 21, 2023. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





Artists dressed as Hindu deities take selfie before taking part in a religious procession in Amritsar on October 21, 2023. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





An Indian girl, Aritri Bannerjee, gets dressed as the Goddess Durga, during the Kumari Puja as part of the Durga Puja festival at Shidaspur village, far north of Kolkata, eastern India, 22 October 2023. During the Kumari Puja, devotees worship a girl aged between six and twelve, symbolizing the Kanya Kumari (virgin) form of the Goddess Durga Devi. Hindu devotees believe that Kanya is a living embodiment of the goddess Durga. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA/EFE)





An Indian girl, Aritri Bannerjee, dressed as the Goddess Durga, is worshipped during the Kumari Puja as part of the Durga Puja festival at Shidaspur village, far north of Kolkata, eastern India, 22 October 2023. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA/EFE)





A roadside vendor segregates marigold flowers while waiting for customers in Hyderabad on October 23, 2023. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





A Hindu lights firecrackers during Dussehra festival in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, October24, 2023. Dussehra commemorates the triumph of Hindu god Rama over the demon king Ravana, marking the victory of good over evil. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Devotees immerse an idol of the Hindu deity Durga in a tank on the final day of the Hindu festival “Durga Puja” in New Delhi on October 24, 2023. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A Hindu priest sprays holy water on the devotees beside the idol of goddess Durga on the second day of Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, Sunday, October 22, 2023. The five-day festival commemorates the slaying of a demon king by goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





An idol of Hindu goddess Durga installed at a temporary worship venue is seen in the early hours of the final day of Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, October 24, 2023. The festival will end with the immersion of the Durga idols in water bodies later in the day. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Police officers offer prayers to their weapons as part of a ritual at their headquarters on the occasion of Dussehra, or Vijaya Dashami festival in Ahmedabad, India on October 24, 2023. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A police officer offers prayer to weapons as part of a ritual at their headquarters on the occasion of Dussehra, or Vijaya Dashami festival in Ahmedabad, India on October 24, 2023. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A man lights firecrackers during Dussehra festival in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, October 24, 2023. Dussehra commemorates the triumph of Hindu god Rama over the demon king Ravana, marking the victory of good over evil. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Women plays with Sindoor, as ritual at the end of the Durga Puja festival or Dashami, on October 24, 2023 in Guwahati, Assam, India. Durga Puja is one of the most important festivals in India. (Photo by David Talukdar/ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy Live News)





Devotees take part in a ritual “Sindoor Khela” wherein married women anoint each other with vermilion powder on the final day of the Hindu festival “Durga Puja” in New Delhi on October 24, 2023. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, in yellow robe, arrives to preside over a prayer session at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, India, Wednesday, October 25, 2023. Exile Tibetans prayed for the long life of their spiritual leader at the temple. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





A devotee pays his respect to an idol of the Hindu deity Valmiki on the eve of “Valmiki Jayanti” commemorating his birth anniversary at a temple in Amritsar on October 27, 2023. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Police detain pro-Palestinian demonstrators at a protest organised by a student organisation and a socio-religious organisation in support of Palestinians in Gaza, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, near Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India on October 27, 2023. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)