Indians pause to pray after lighting candles as they and other Christians gather to celebrate Christmas at the Sacred Heart Cathedral on Christmas Day, December 25, 2011 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak /Getty Images)

An Indian journalist poses with the wax statue of American actress Kim Kardashian (L) and American actor Will Smith (R) during the launch of Madame Tussauds Delhi in New Delhi on November 30, 2017. The wax museum will be open for the visitors from 01 December on. Madame Tussauds New Delhi features 50 wax figures of personalities from the fields of sports, music, film, history and politics. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)

Honourable mention, Behaviour category. Toss the scorpion – Indian roller playing with its kill by Susmita Datta. The image was taken during an early morning safari drive at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in India. (Photo by Susmita Datta/PA Wire/Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2017)

Indian youth practice a bike stunt ahead of a procession marking the annual Rath Yatra or chariot festival of Hindu deity Lord Jagannath in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. The festival is scheduled to be celebrated on July 1, 2022. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)

Indian women paint miniature models of houses as they make them for sale ahead of Diwali festival, in Prayagraj, India, Thursday, November 12, 2020. People buy them to decorate their homes during Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of lights which will be celebrated on Nov 14. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)

Indian holy men, or Naga Sadhu, ride a motorbike on their way to take a holy dip in the Ganges River during the Kumbh Mela at Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India, 14 April 2021. Thousands of pilgrims gather for the mass Hindu pilgrimage which occurs every twelve years and rotates among four locations. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/EPA/EFE)

Indians in traditional attire pose for the media as they practice the Garba, a traditional dance of Gujarat state, ahead of Navratri festival in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, October 9, 2023. The Hindu festival of Navratri, or nine nights, will begin on October 15. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)

Indian folk artists perform during the “Unboxing Bengaluru Habba” or Bangalore festival, an annual citywide festival held in front of Vidhana Soudha, the State Legislature of Karnataka, in Bangalore, India on December 10, 2023. The Bengaluru festival showcases folk dance and cultural diversity that have shaped Bengaluru into a vibrant metropolis. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA/EFE)