A Kashmiri Muslim boy offers congregational Prayers inside the Grand Mosque (Jamia Masjid) during the first Friday of Ramadan in Srinagar on April 8, 2022. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar during which devotees fast from dawn till dusk. (Photo by Saqib Majeed/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Indian Muslims perform ablution at a pond before offering prayers on the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Mecca mosque in Hyderabad, India, Friday, April 8, 2022. Islam's holiest month is a period of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Indian Christians wearing masks as a precaution against COVID-19 gather for prayers as they observe Palm Sunday in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The South Asian country has recorded a steep dip in coronavirus cases in recent weeks, with the health ministry reporting approximately 1,100 cases on Friday. (Photo by R.S. Iyer/AP Photo)





Gulfam Raza sits sideways on his fast moving Royal Enfield motorcycle in an enclosure known as Maut ka Kuan, or the well of death, at a local fair in Dharmsala, India, Saturday, April 9, 2022. Raza and others perform death defying stunts for very little money at traditional fairs all over the country. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





A young girls who is yet to attain puberty is dressed up as living goddesses and worshipped as “kumari” or virgin during Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja in Kolkata, India, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A young girl seen on her mobile after participating in the Kumari Puja at the adyapith temple in Kolkata, India on April 10, 2022. Kumari Puja is an Indian Hindu Tradition mainly celebrated during the Durga Puja / Basanti Puja / Navratri according to Hindu calendar. Kumari actually describes a young virgin girl from the age 1 to 16 who is getting worshipped during the transition of Ashtami / Navami tithi of Durga Puja / Navratri according to Hindu mythology. It is believed that Kumari Puja grants many blessings to the worshipers and as well as the little Girl too. Devotees believe it will overcome all barriers, dangers for the little girls in the coming future and also, she will be empowered to handle any stress and obstruction in her coming life. (Photo by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)





Indian Muslim read from The Quran (Islamic Holy Book) as they sit inside a Mosque in Kolkata on April 10,2022. (Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





People buy a Matka, an earthen pot used to store cool drinking water, at a roadside stall in Amritsar on April 11, 2022. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Girls dressed as Kumari arrive to attend rituals to celebrate the Hindu festival of Navratri at the Adyapeath temple on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, April 10, 2022. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A worker pedals his cart carrying iron rods for construction amidst a heat wave lashes the capital, in New Delhi, India, Monday, April 11, 2022. On Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department predicted maximum temperatures in New Delhi to touch 105.8 degrees Fahrenheit (41 degrees Celsius), nearly eight notches above the season’s normal. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Commuters drive amidst dust and a heat wave that lashes the capital, in New Delhi, India, Monday, April 11, 2022. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Shakti, a Bengal Tiger jumps in a pool on a hot afternoon at the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and Zoo in Mumbai on April 12, 2022. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe/AFP Photo)





Indian Air Force personnel carry out rescue mission mid-air, after Sunday's cable-car collision in Deoghar district in the eastern state of Jharkhand, India, April 12, 2022. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A village boy's face is painted colorfully by an artist as they attend and celebrate the Bengali New Year festival called Pahela Boisakh in Bardhaman District, West Bengal, India on April 11, 2022. Before the festival some villagers celebrate the Gajan festival associated with gods as Shiva, Neel, and Dharmathakur. This festival spans around a week, starting from the last week of Choitro and continuing till the end of the Bengali New Year. (Photo by Saurabh Sirohiya/ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy Live News)





Indian youngsters wearing traditional Punjabi attire perform folk dances of Punjab on the eve of Baisakhi, the festival of harvest, in a wheat farm, at a village near Amritsar, India, April 12, 2022. Baisakhi is the festival of the first harvest of the year right after the winter season. It is widely celebrated as a traditional harvest festival in many northern states of India such as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, Pradesh and Uttaranchal. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Muslims purchase food for iftar during the fasting month of Ramadan at a busy street in Mumbai, India, April 12, 2022. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/Reuters)





Police present arms as they pay tribute on the occasion of 103rd anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar on April 13, 2022. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A man fumigates to drive away mosquitoes at a lawn where a wedding reception is scheduled in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





A student takes part in Tamil New Year and Vishu celebrations in Chennai on April 13, 2022. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A Hindu devotee with his face painted as part of their traditional practices participates during the annual Gajan Festival in Bardhaman, India on April 12, 2022. Gajan is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly in the rural part of West Bengal. Gajan spans around a week, starting mid-April. Participants of this festival are known as Sannyasi or Devotees. The central theme of this festival is deriving satisfaction through non-sexual pain, devotion, and sacrifice. (Photo by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)