Women participate in the 'Sindoor Khela' ritual on the last day of the 'Durga Puja' festival in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday. An 'acharya' writes 'Harishree Ganapathaya Namah' on a child's tongue during the 'Vidyarambham' ceremony on the occasion of 'Vijayadashami', at the Azhakodi Devi Temple in Kozhikode in Keralam on Wednesday. People stand during a prayer gathering organized for the long life of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, at the Main Tibetan Temple

Andaman and Nicobar islands Lieutenant Governor Dinesh Sharma performs Shahstra Puja during Vijaydashmi festival in Lucknow on Tuesday. Devotees gather at Gopinath Temple in Gopeshwar as Lord Rudranath’s Utsav Doli arrives at its winter seat in Chamoli in Uttarakhand following the shrine’s seasonal closure on Tuesday. Wrestlers grapple during a traditional wrestling competition held in a mud pit at Shiv Shakti Dham in Dasna in Ghaziabad on Monday. A fisherman casts his net in

A hand painted signboard installed by Urooj Music Foundation team after completing a cleanup drive in Ladakh on Monday. A man carrying several earthen lamps performs on the occasion of 'Maha Ashtami' during the ongoing 'Navratri' festival in Ahmedabad in Gujarat on Sunday. Priests perform Kumari Puja as part of Durga Puja and Navratri festival in Kolkata on Monday. People during Abhivyakti Garba Mahotsav organized as part of the Navratri festival in Jaipur on Sunday. An aeria

A child reaches to ring a brass bell at the Alopi Shankari Devi Temple during the Durga Puja festival, in Prayagraj. Ducks swim in a waterbody, in Nadia district. Members of the Ramnami community, a Hindu devotional sect from Chhattisgarh, are seen at a community puja pandal during the ongoing 'Durga Puja' festival, in Kolkata. A woman dressed up as Goddess Kali during a 'Chunri Yatra' on Ashtami amid Navratri festival, in Indore. India Air Force's (IAF) Surya Kiran Aerobatic

A woman feeds cattle as part of dairy farming in Chhattisgarh. A vendor displays decorative ‘drishti bommai’ (evil-eye masks) and auspicious items at a market as people gear up for Saraswati Pooja and Ayudha Pooja celebrations, in Chennai. A vendor roasts corn over a charcoal stove along the Srinagar-Leh National Highway after a fresh spell of snowfall near Zojila Pass, in Jammu and Kashmir. A priest performs rituals on ‘Saptami’ during Durga Puja and Navaratri festival, in D

People in traditional attire perform 'Garba' during the 'Abhivyakti Garba Mahotsav' organized as part of Navaratri festival celebrations in Jaipur on Thursday. Bollywood actor Ali Fazal walks the ramp as showstopper for designer Tarun Tahiliani during the Lakme Fashion Week x FDCI in New Delhi on Thursday. Workers pluck chrysanthemum flowers for the 'Navratri' festival amid rain at Byrapura near Chikkamagaluru in Karnataka on Friday. Artists prepare an effigy of 'Ravana' ahea

A giant size idol of Lord Ram installed at a ground ahead of Dussehra festival in Kolkata in West Bengal on Thursday. People wearing raincoats walk across a road during heavy rainfall in New Delhi on Thursday. A person walks through fresh snowfall near the North Portal of the Atal Tunnel in Lahaul-Spiti in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday. Tourists take Shikara rides in Dal Lake on an overcast day in Srinagar on Thursday. Farmers take part in 'Raitha Dasara', a farmer-centric eve

Model airplanes and a placard reading Thanks to Smith Machchhar sit on display during a traditional Dasara doll exhibition (Gombe Habba), in Chikkamagaluru in Karnataka on Wednesday. Members of a team of scientists pose near an early warning system after its successful installation at Vasundhara Tal glacial lake to monitor potential flood risks in Chamoli district in Uttarakhand on Wednesday. People watch as 731 sets of martyrs’ remains found at Le Thi Rieng Cultural Park are

An artisan crafts decorations made from sponge to adorn pandals ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Birbhum on Tuesday. Cricket commentator Aakash Chopra with his wife Aakshi Chopra during a visit to the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Temple in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. Police and an activist prepare to release rescued sea turtles into the ocean in Bali in Indonesia on Tuesday. People take a stroll at the south portal of Atal Tunnel in Manali on Tuesday. Devotees en rou

Artistes perform during the inauguration of 'Vibrant Navratri Festival 2026' in Ahmedabad in Gujarat on Sunday. Monks from Varanasi perform 'aarti' during the 'Fit Kangra 2026' event, at Baanganga Ghat, in Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) newly passed out cadets take oath during the passing out parade ceremony at Shiva Parade Ground in Sonitpur in Assam on Monday. Workers assemble a Durga Puja pandal, themed as The Illusion of Machines

Clay artist Subhash Sutradhar paints a traditional 'Chalchitra', an arched backdrop placed behind idols of deities, for the Durga Puja festival in Birbhum, West Bengal, on Sunday. A child dressed in the guise of a Langur at the Shri Bada Hanuman Temple in the Durgiana Temple complex during the 'Langur Mela' on the first day of the ‘Navratri’ festival in Amritsar on Sunday. Carla Tous poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere for the film 'Lemonade' as part of the L

Specially-abled children create a hand-painted art wall at a community Durga Puja pandal on the occasion of ‘Mahalaya’ in Kolkata on Saturday. A person performs ‘Pind Daan’ rituals on the occasion of ‘Pitra Visarjan’ at the Sangam in Prayagraj on Saturday. Workers carry an idol of goddess Durga to a ‘Puja Pandal’ for installation during ‘Mahalaya’ ahead of Durga Puja festival at Kumartully in Kolkata on Saturday. Indian aircraft perform aerial manoeuvres during the second edi

A fisherman catches fish along the banks of Dal Lake in Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. People guide an idol of Goddess Durga as it is transported to a community puja pandal ahead of the upcoming Durga Puja festival in Nadia district in West Bengal on Friday. People light earthen lamps amid the ongoing 'Pitru Paksha', a period of paying homage to ancestors at Dev Ghat in Gaya in Bihar on Thursday. Students pose for a photograph around a giant rangoli portrait of PM

Devotees carry the palanquin of Goddess Munnuthitha Nangai Amman from Thanumalayan Swamy Temple toward Thiruvananthapuram for the inter-state Navaratri procession in Suchindrum in Tami. A farmer plucks ripe apples during the harvesting season at an orchard on the outskirts of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. An elderly man and a child harvest lotus flowers from a water body in Nadia in West Bengal on Thursday. An elderly artisan works on ornaments for the idols of

Artists during a 'Ram Leela' rehearsal ahead of the ten-days Navratri festival in Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. Actor and politician Isha Koppikar during her visit to the Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday.. Women workers adjust a handloom saree across an open field to dry at Shantipur in Nadia in West Bengal on Wednesday. Artistes perform during the annual Sanskrit Festival organised by Uttarakhand Sanskrit Sansthan in Dehardun on Wednesda

Cinema veterans Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar during the opening ceremony of Chor Bizzare restaurant at InterContinental Hotel in Jaipur on Sunday. A farmer stands in a waterbody during the retting process as harvested raw jute fibers hang on wooden structures to dry in Morigaon in Assam on Tuesday. An aerial view of a 'BHARAT' human rangoli formed by school children during an event organised by the 'Seva Sankalp Abhiyan' to celebrate 25 years of PM Modi's public service, at

A potter arranges traditional earthen lamps to dry before sale, ahead of the upcoming Navratri and Diwali festivals in Gurugram on Monday. Former cricketer Shikhar Dhawan and his wife Sophie Shine during their visit to Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy in Tirumala on Monday. Women herders lead their goats along a rural road lined with blooming kash flowers in Nadia in West Bengal on Monday. Members of Castellers Joves de Valls fall as they tried to form a castell during the 30th Co

A fisherman ties a black flag to a boat during a protest on Sunday against the Tamil Nadu government's proposal to establish a new secretariat at Pattinapakkam in Chennai. Asian Games 2026 gold medallist women's hockey team captain Salima Tete poses with a family member upon her arrival in Ranchi on Sunday. People perform 'Pind Daan' and 'Tarpan' rituals amid ongoing 'Pitru Paksha' in Varanasi on Sunday. People carry an idol of goddess Durga in a procession ahead of the 'Durg

People watch the screening of the animated project 'Man of Peace', a biography on the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala on Wednesday. Bollywood actor Tara Sutaria at an event in New Delhi on Wednesday. Bollywood actor Sara Ali Khan attends the trailer launch of her upcoming film 'Udta Teer' in Mumbai on Wednesday. An artist prepares an idol of Goddess Durga ahead of Durga Puja festival in Gurugram on Wednesday. A model wears a creation as part of the Fend

A man carries an idol of Lord Ganesh for immersion during Ganeshotsav at Marina Beach in Chennai on Saturday. Students take part in a painting competition on the theme 'Kashmir Through My Art' in Srinagar on Saturday. Dancers perform during the Mulan dress rehearsal at the David H. Koch Theater in New York on Saturday. People smear curd on each other to celebrate the birth of Goddess Radha during the Radhashtami festival at Sri Radha Vallabh Temple in Vrindavan on Saturday. W