An Indian devotees rest at a makeshift tent inside a transit religious gathering ahead of Ganga Sagar annual fair in Calcutta, eastern India 09 January 2017. The Gangasagar Fair is an annual gathering of Hindu pilgrims during Makar Sankranti at Sagar Island, 130 km south of Calcutta in West Bengal, to take a dip in sacred waters of Ganga River before she merges in the Bay of Bengal. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA)





A Kashmiri woman waits as she fill an iron bucket with water in a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Srinagar following the season's first snowfall in Kashmir on January 11, 2017. The tourism industry is hoping that 2017 will herald a renewal of tourists to the scenic region after last year's civil unrest drove both domestic and foreign tourists out of the valley. More than 90 civilians have been killed and thousands injured during the latest protests against Indian rule, sparked by the killing on July 8, 2016, of a popular rebel leader of Hizbul Mujahideen during a gunfight with Indian soldiers. Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since their independence from British rule in 1947, and both claim the territory. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





A woman sweeps the street through the rays of morning sun in New Delhi, India January 10, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





Siblings stand dressed as river goddesses to attract alms from devotees at “Sangam”, the meeting point of Indian holy rivers the Ganges and the Yamuna on the auspicious day of “Paush Purnima” during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad, India, Thursday, January 12, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus are expected to take holy dips at the confluence during the astronomically auspicious period of over 45 days celebrated as Magh Mela. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Kashmiri girl Rashid warms her feet by the fireplace, as her mother prepares food inside their house near Faqir Gujri, 28 Kilometres from Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, January 13, 2017. The Kashmir valley has been experiencing intense cold conditions with widespread snowfall for the past week. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





An Indian Karbi tribal woman waits with her fishing net to participate in community fishing as part of Bhogali Bihu celebrations in Panbari village, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of Gauhati, India , Friday, January 13, 2017. “Bhogali Bihu” marks the end of the harvest season in the northeastern state of Assam. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A man feeds pigeons on a beach along the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India, January 9, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Kashmiri Muslims raise their arms upon seeing a relic of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani, a Sufi saint, being displayed at his shrine on the occasion of his death anniversary, on a cold winter morning in Srinagar, January 10, 2017. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A man installs electric wires for the upcoming Hindu festival of Magh Mela, on the banks of the river Ganges in Allahabad, India, January 10, 2017. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)





A Hindu pilgrim feeds biscuits to an ox to seek blessing before heading for an annual trip to Sagar Island for the one-day festival of “Makar Sankranti”, in Kolkata, India January 10, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Homeless children walk along a road to collect water for their families in Mumbai, India, January 11, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





People warm themselves around a fire under a bridge in Mumbai, India, January 11, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A vegetable vendor wrapped up in a blanket waits for customers at a wholesale market on a cold winter morning in Chandigarh, India, January 12, 2017. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





Rickshaw drivers heat themselves around a fire of burning garbage in Delhi, India January 11, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





Young girls carry bottles filled with drinking water as they walk on a railway track on the outskirts of Agartala, India January 11, 2017. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)





Hindu pilgrims brush their teeth with neem twigs at a makeshift shelter before heading for an annual trip to Sagar Island for the one-day festival of “Makar Sankranti”, in Kolkata, India January 11, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man undergoes an eye examination at a free eye-care camp organised by social workers at a makeshift shelter, before heading for an annual trip to Sagar Island for the one-day festival of “Makar Sankranti”, in Kolkata, India January 11, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man holds his pet monkey as he walks inside a makeshift shelter, before heading for an annual trip to Sagar Island for the one-day festival of “Makar Sankranti”, in Kolkata, India January 11, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A man covered in a blanket rides an auto rickshaw through a wholesale market on a cold winter morning in Chandigarh, India, January 12, 2017. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





A woman selling plastic containers looks for customers on the banks of the river Ganges on the occasion of Paush Purnima or full moon day, on a cold winter morning during the annual religious festival of Magh Mela, in Allahabad, India January 12, 2017. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)





A Theyyam artiste dressed as the Hindu goddess Nagakali is seen backstage before a performance during a tourism promotion event in Bengaluru, India, January 12, 2017. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)





A woman walks with her sheep along a snow covered road on a cold winter day at Faqir Gujri, on the outskirts of Srinagar January 12, 2017. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





An Indian sadhu – Hindu holy man – smokes cannabis at his temporary camp on Gangasagar Island, around 150 kms south of Kolkata on January 13, 2017. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Men carry fish after fishing in a pond to sell it to the villagers on the occasion of Bhogali Bihu or the harvest festival of Assam, at Raha town in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India January 13, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





People queue to buy fish on the occasion of Bhogali Bihu or the harvest festival of Assam, at Raha town in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India January 13, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





People belonging to the transgender community take a picture with a mobile phone before the start of a rally for transgender rights in Mumbai, India, January 13, 2017. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)





An Indian man enters a train through an emergency window in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, January 12, 2017. Railway platforms and trains were overcrowded Thursday with many people traveling to their hometowns to celebrate the Hindu festival of Makar Sankranti that falls on Jan. 14. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





An Indian sadhu – Hindu holy man – rides on a horse to take a holy bath and perform rituals at the Gangasagar Island, around 150 kms south of Kolkata on January 12, 2017. More than 700,000 Hindu pilgrims and sadhus – holy men – are expected to gather at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal during the Gangasagar Mela to take a 'holy dip' in the ocean on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar considered to be of great religious significance in Hindu mythology. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





A Kashmiri boatman uses his oar to break the ice layer of the frozen Dal Lake after a heavy snowfall in Srinagar on January 7, 2017. Indian-administered Kashmir has been cut off from the rest of the country for the second day after heavy snowfall closing the 294km Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only road link between Kashmir and rest of the country. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





An Indian student tries to break a mud pot with her eyes blindfolded during celebrations of the Tamil harvest festival, Pongal at a college in Chennai on January 11, 2017. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





An Indian student tries to break a mud pot with her eyes blindfolded during celebrations of the Tamil harvest festival, Pongal at a college in Chennai on January 11, 2017. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Indian women prepare pongal during celebrations of the Tamil harvest festival, Pongal at a college in Chennai on January 11, 2017. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





An Indian student plays on a swing during celebrations of the Tamil harvest festival, Pongal at a college in Chennai on January 11, 2017. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Indian women offer “aarthi” to a cow during celebrations of the Tamil harvest festival, Pongal at a college in Chennai on January 11, 2017. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Indian women ride on a bull-cart during celebrations of the Tamil harvest festival, Pongal at a college in Chennai on January 11, 2017. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)